Josiephine
Josiephine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 583rd, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192737 births
- Best rank
- #583in 1882
- Since 1880
- 1,061people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,061 girls have been named Josiephine in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 37 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 37 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1927, its biggest year
Josiephine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Josiephine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Annerpeak 1920
- Almedapeak 1921
- Corneliapeak 1921
- Paraleepeak 1920
- Elmirapeak 1921
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Anniepeak 1922
- Luellapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.