US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE JOSEPHINE

Same rise and fall as Josephine, around the same years.

WHERE JOSEPHINE IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Josephine ranked highest in Vermont (#28) and lowest in Utah (#442).

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Josephine name popularity

Josephine has been given to 332,458 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1918, when 8,709 babies got the name, and its best rank was #38 in 1908.

In 2025, 4,126 babies were named Josephine (#136 in the country), 53% below the peak. That is up 65% from 2015.

Almost every Josephine is a girl.

An estimated 119K people named Josephine are alive in the US today, with a median age of 28.

It was a top-100 name in 52 of the 146 years on record.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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