NameTides

Josephine

Josephine was the #53 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,126 babies), and #256 in England & Wales and #94 in Canada.

Josephine as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Josephine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Josephine as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#53 (4,126)#256 (182)#387 (8)#205 (8)#483 (7)#94 (268)—
2024#56 (3,765)#267 (180)#295 (12)—#441 (8)#92 (262)—
2023#64 (3,371)#264 (170)#395 (8)—#445 (8)#115 (220)—
2022#70 (3,266)#275 (165)#470 (6)—#502 (7)#109 (227)—
2021#72 (3,391)#272 (175)#304 (12)—#661 (5)#95 (273)—
2020#87 (3,057)#267 (178)#370 (9)—#444 (8)#106 (235)—
2019#90 (3,123)#269 (179)#343 (10)—#716 (4)#114 (232)—
2018#91 (3,050)#252 (193)#376 (9)—#734 (4)#102 (264)—
2017#107 (2,823)#245 (205)#369 (9)#355 (4)#430 (9)#155 (194)—
2016#114 (2,797)#253 (201)#413 (8)#353 (4)#661 (5)#164 (188)#97 (75)
2015#131 (2,505)#238 (208)#455 (7)—#462 (9)#187 (171)—
2014#147 (2,286)#271 (176)#395 (9)#439 (3)#427 (10)#193 (172)—
2013#160 (2,012)#257 (187)#413 (8)#440 (3)#491 (8)#210 (160)#100 (69)
2012#160 (1,957)#235 (212)#467 (7)—#677 (5)#235 (143)—
2011#181 (1,730)#261 (186)#430 (8)—#325 (15)#252 (130)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1916 at #21.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 390 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 390common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 910common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 560common

Next year

On its recent trend, Josephine is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 380 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 340 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josephine by state, 2025Alaska: #15AKMaine: #26MEWisconsin: #19WIVermont: #11VTNew Hampshire: #36NHWashington: #53WAIdaho: #49IDMontana: #20MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #26MNIllinois: #44ILMichigan: #17MINew York: #66NYMassachusetts: #29MAOregon: #28ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #62SDIowa: #46IAIndiana: #26INOhio: #26OHPennsylvania: #28PANew Jersey: #85NJConnecticut: #51CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #98CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #36CONebraska: #27NEMissouri: #31MOKentucky: #62KYWest Virginia: #83WVVirginia: #31VAMaryland: #52MDDelaware: #66DEArizona: #88AZNew Mexico: #111NMKansas: #30KSArkansas: #86ARTennessee: #59TNNorth Carolina: #53NCSouth Carolina: #49SCDistrict of Columbia: #11DCOklahoma: #55OKLouisiana: #64LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #78ALGeorgia: #83GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #81TXFlorida: #101FL
Josephine (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#89111
Quebec2025#14737

Josephine (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosephineCanadaGirls#94268
JosephineEngland & WalesGirls#256182
JosephineIrelandGirls#4837
JosephineNorthern IrelandGirls#2058
JosephineNSWGirls—too few
JosephineScotlandGirls#3878
JosephineUSGirls#534,126
JosephineUSBoys—too few