Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Josie name popularity since 1925
64,013 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Josie (99.2% girls, 0.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Josie is about 19 years old in 2026. Josie peaked in 2025 as the #82 name for girls, and it ranked #82 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 64,013
- Named Josie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #82
- for girls in 2025 (3,021 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% girls
- 63,526 girls · 487 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 2.66× its national share
Peak year is the year Josie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Josie births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Josie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1947 and 1952, Josie's share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 4,920 to 1 in 9,460.
- Fastest rise: Between 1991 and 1996, it became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 5,360 baby girls to 1 in 2,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Josie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Josie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Josie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,952 | 30 | – |
| 1930s | 3,464 | 48 | #326 |
| 1940s | 3,374 | 30 | #385 |
| 1950s | 2,427 | 16 | #623 |
| 1960s | 2,060 | 10 | #747 |
| 1970s | 2,123 | 44 | #739 |
| 1980s | 2,545 | 95 | #769 |
| 1990s | 6,039 | 78 | #362 |
| 2000s | 10,634 | 58 | #317 |
| 2010s | 13,927 | 40 | #250 |
| 2020–25 | 14,981 | 38 | #82 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
39.4% of babies named Josie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Josie is most popular
The index compares Josie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Josie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 2.66× | 892 |
| Utah | 2.42× | 1,250 |
| Idaho | 2.15× | 518 |
| Mississippi | 2.15× | 1,575 |
| Louisiana | 1.73× | 1,879 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Josie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Josie (this page) | 63,526 | 2025 |
| Josey | 3,220 | 2012 |
| Jozie | 1,343 | 2022 |
| Jossie | 1,199 | 1902 |
| Josi | 1,059 | 2002 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Josie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Josie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Josie (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data