NameTides

Posie

Posie was the #2,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #630 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Posie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Posie 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Posie 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#2,645 (65)#630 (62)———#2,730 (7)
2024#3,081 (52)#654 (59)#790 (3)——#3,383 (5)
2023#2,210 (85)#754 (47)#630 (4)——#2,900 (6)
2022#2,579 (68)#910 (38)#760 (3)—#905 (3)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,186 (85)#1,069 (32)——#883 (3)#2,616 (7)
2020#2,523 (68)#955 (36)—#397 (3)#700 (4)#2,591 (7)
2019#4,162 (34)#1,349 (23)————
2018#7,762 (14)#2,187 (12)————
2017#11,615 (8)#2,706 (9)————
2016#8,875 (12)#4,096 (5)————
2015#13,006 (7)—————
2014#8,485 (13)#5,691 (3)————
2013#16,547 (5)#4,739 (4)————
2011#14,824 (6)—————
2005—#4,798 (3)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,210.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Posie is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 43,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Posie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Posie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PosieCanadaGirls#2,7307
PosieEngland & WalesGirls#63062
PosieIrelandGirls—too few
PosieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PosieScotlandGirls—too few
PosieUSGirls#2,64565
PosieUSBoys—too few