Josie

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Josie is ranked 88th among girls in 2024 (2,893 births). Its best rank was 88th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #88up 20 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2,8930.18% of girls
Peak year: 20242,893 births
Best rank: #88in 2024
Since 1880: 72,325people given the name

Babies named Josie, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

72,325 girls have been named Josie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 2,893 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Josie
1880s	1,884
1890s	2,329
1900s	2,118
1910s	3,370
1920s	4,095
1930s	3,464
1940s	3,374
1950s	2,427
1960s	2,060
1970s	2,123
1980s	2,546
1990s	6,041
2000s	10,634
2010s	13,919
2020s	11,941

In 2024, its biggest year

Josie was the 88th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Josie

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

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.