Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joesphine

#9,550 most common girls' name of all time · #15,911 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1908–2013

Rank among girls
#9,550
Rank overall
#15,911 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
628
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1922 #1,819
Best rank
#1,619 1932
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
19201940196019802000

Joesphine first appears in 1908. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2013 5 — 5 #16,687
2008 5 — 5 #17,652
1981 5 — 5 #10,568
1971 5 — 5 #8,489
1968 6 — 6 #6,378
1967 7 — 7 #5,589
1966 7 — 7 #5,384
1965 10 — 10 #4,281
1962 6 — 6 #6,011
1961 8 — 8 #4,987
1960 12 — 12 #3,755
1959 15 — 15 #3,156
1958 9 — 9 #4,276
1957 12 — 12 #3,557
1955 13 — 13 #3,273
1954 11 — 11 #3,571
1953 12 — 12 #3,359
1952 6 — 6 #5,085
1951 13 — 13 #3,009
1950 9 — 9 #3,756
1949 9 — 9 #3,703
1948 8 — 8 #3,995
1947 8 — 8 #4,131
1946 7 — 7 #4,120
1945 7 — 7 #3,796
1944 11 — 11 #2,846
1943 8 — 8 #3,601
1942 12 — 12 #2,748
1941 14 — 14 #2,334
1940 8 — 8 #3,335
1939 9 — 9 #3,020
1938 10 — 10 #2,836
1937 10 — 10 #2,840
1936 7 — 7 #3,529
1935 8 — 8 #3,278
1934 8 — 8 #3,293
1933 14 — 14 #2,234
1932 23 — 23 #1,619
1931 16 — 16 #2,079
1930 19 — 19 #1,910
1929 10 — 10 #3,044
1928 12 — 12 #2,712
1927 9 — 9 #3,419
1926 13 — 13 #2,661
1925 16 — 16 #2,350
1924 17 — 17 #2,278
1923 21 — 21 #1,933
1922 23 — 23 #1,819
1921 6 — 6 #4,663
1920 11 — 11 #3,018
1919 12 — 12 #2,751
1918 12 — 12 #2,758
1917 10 — 10 #3,022
1916 15 — 15 #2,231
1915 9 — 9 #3,033
1914 5 — 5 #3,855
1913 5 — 5 #3,443
1912 10 — 10 #1,970
1911 6 — 6 #2,405
1910 8 — 8 #1,929
1908 6 — 6 #2,085