NameTides

Josie

Josie was the #82 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,021 babies), and #250 in England & Wales and #148 in Canada.

Josie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Josie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Josie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#82 (3,021)#250 (186)#191 (21)#126 (16)#443 (8)#148 (184)
2024#88 (2,903)#263 (182)#160 (26)#192 (9)#412 (9)#165 (167)
2023#108 (2,515)#277 (162)#185 (22)#209 (8)#495 (7)#209 (136)
2022#120 (2,372)#267 (171)#273 (13)#183 (10)#420 (9)#249 (119)
2021#130 (2,167)#293 (161)#316 (11)#171 (12)#764 (4)#233 (134)
2020#134 (2,003)#276 (172)#257 (14)#281 (5)#700 (4)#231 (129)
2019#155 (1,859)#256 (188)#304 (12)#213 (8)#621 (5)#240 (128)
2018#191 (1,586)#283 (168)#376 (9)#313 (5)#629 (5)#324 (102)
2017#200 (1,535)#267 (184)#289 (13)—#734 (4)#384 (87)
2016#237 (1,368)#323 (154)#413 (8)——#441 (77)
2015#250 (1,294)#310 (155)#653 (4)#248 (7)#896 (3)#388 (89)
2014#252 (1,288)#289 (165)#477 (7)#439 (3)—#380 (88)
2013#266 (1,223)#251 (191)#387 (9)#327 (5)#747 (4)#410 (79)
2012#253 (1,277)#244 (207)#397 (9)#330 (5)—#403 (79)
2011#256 (1,246)#239 (208)#363 (10)#444 (3)—#450 (70)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #82.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 530 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 530common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 460common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 810common

Next year

On its recent trend, Josie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 480 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 460 to 1 in 500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josie by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #24MEWisconsin: #46WIVermont: #38VTNew Hampshire: #95NHWashington: #103WAIdaho: #30IDMontana: #27MTNorth Dakota: #40NDMinnesota: #45MNIllinois: #116ILMichigan: #65MINew York: #183NYMassachusetts: #115MAOregon: #81ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #56IAIndiana: #63INOhio: #62OHPennsylvania: #65PANew Jersey: #246NJConnecticut: #102CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #183CAUtah: #55UTColorado: #122CONebraska: #53NEMissouri: #62MOKentucky: #29KYWest Virginia: #35WVVirginia: #94VAMaryland: #84MDDelaware: #70DEArizona: #97AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: #38KSArkansas: #60ARTennessee: #55TNNorth Carolina: #56NCSouth Carolina: #76SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #40OKLouisiana: #35LAMississippi: #21MSAlabama: #34ALGeorgia: #80GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #135TXFlorida: #140FL
Josie (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#17862

Josie (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
JosieCanadaGirls#148184
JosieEngland & WalesGirls#250186
JosieIrelandGirls#4438
JosieNorthern IrelandGirls#12616
JosieNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JosieScotlandGirls#19121
JosieUSGirls#823,021
JosieUSBoys#10,6956