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.

Josephine

#124 most common girls' name of all time · #230 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#124
Rank overall
#230 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
332,458
Since 2016
32,774
Peak year
1918 #24
Best rank
#21 1916
Girls Boys peak 8,709/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Josephine is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 4,126 — 4,126 #53
2024 3,765 — 3,765 #56
2023 3,371 5 3,376 #64
2022 3,266 — 3,266 #70
2021 3,391 — 3,391 #72
2020 3,057 — 3,057 #87
2019 3,123 — 3,123 #90
2018 3,050 — 3,050 #91
2017 2,823 — 2,823 #107
2016 2,797 — 2,797 #114
2015 2,505 — 2,505 #131
2014 2,286 — 2,286 #147
2013 2,012 — 2,012 #160
2012 1,957 — 1,957 #160
2011 1,730 — 1,730 #181
2010 1,677 — 1,677 #185
2009 1,628 — 1,628 #201
2008 1,635 — 1,635 #208
2007 1,562 — 1,562 #223
2006 1,548 — 1,548 #221
2005 1,490 — 1,490 #229
2004 1,337 — 1,337 #242
2003 1,257 — 1,257 #258
2002 1,198 — 1,198 #264
2001 1,153 — 1,153 #275
2000 1,116 — 1,116 #287
1999 989 — 989 #312
1998 840 — 840 #347
1997 784 — 784 #353
1996 725 — 725 #371
1995 700 — 700 #375
1994 648 — 648 #390
1993 596 — 596 #419
1992 591 — 591 #427
1991 607 — 607 #421
1990 579 — 579 #435
1989 527 9 536 #459
1988 503 5 508 #451
1987 436 — 436 #497
1986 456 — 456 #470
1985 423 — 423 #485
1984 437 — 437 #471
1983 480 — 480 #438
1982 491 — 491 #440
1981 477 — 477 #451
1980 502 — 502 #430
1979 437 — 437 #462
1978 457 — 457 #438
1977 442 — 442 #451
1976 431 — 431 #449
1975 456 6 462 #433
1974 536 — 536 #389
1973 535 — 535 #383
1972 580 — 580 #372
1971 603 — 603 #381
1970 677 — 677 #363
1969 699 — 699 #338
1968 693 — 693 #332
1967 744 — 744 #319
1966 838 — 838 #306
1965 863 7 870 #309
1964 962 9 971 #297
1963 1,054 6 1,060 #281
1962 1,103 5 1,108 #269
1961 1,204 7 1,211 #258
1960 1,157 7 1,164 #263
1959 1,177 — 1,177 #257
1958 1,274 5 1,279 #239
1957 1,442 — 1,442 #221
1956 1,485 9 1,494 #210
1955 1,595 6 1,601 #199
1954 1,719 7 1,726 #186
1953 1,799 8 1,807 #172
1952 1,862 6 1,868 #169
1951 1,966 9 1,975 #157
1950 2,093 — 2,093 #146
1949 2,163 — 2,163 #143
1948 2,230 7 2,237 #134
1947 2,351 — 2,351 #133
1946 2,228 6 2,234 #127
1945 2,146 10 2,156 #120
1944 2,324 13 2,337 #115
1943 2,664 15 2,679 #108
1942 2,748 17 2,765 #100
1941 2,726 20 2,746 #92
1940 2,744 12 2,756 #89
1939 2,837 22 2,859 #84
1938 2,978 24 3,002 #83
1937 2,942 26 2,968 #82
1936 3,141 25 3,166 #77
1935 3,262 24 3,286 #75
1934 3,742 20 3,762 #60
1933 3,569 20 3,589 #62
1932 4,095 37 4,132 #57
1931 4,497 36 4,533 #51
1930 4,988 33 5,021 #49
1929 5,298 26 5,324 #45
1928 5,671 30 5,701 #42
1927 6,108 32 6,140 #39
1926 6,410 18 6,428 #37
1925 6,810 25 6,835 #36
1924 7,274 17 7,291 #34
1923 7,560 15 7,575 #30
1922 7,864 23 7,887 #27
1921 8,135 21 8,156 #28
1920 8,093 14 8,107 #28
1919 8,104 20 8,124 #26
1918 8,682 27 8,709 #24
1917 8,326 18 8,344 #21
1916 8,127 15 8,142 #21
1915 7,606 16 7,622 #22
1914 5,896 17 5,913 #23
1913 4,822 13 4,835 #24
1912 3,980 10 3,990 #28
1911 3,011 14 3,025 #29
1910 2,801 8 2,809 #30
1909 2,416 11 2,427 #31
1908 2,389 8 2,397 #28
1907 2,156 8 2,164 #33
1906 1,900 8 1,908 #38
1905 1,894 7 1,901 #37
1904 1,701 — 1,701 #40
1903 1,587 12 1,599 #40
1902 1,565 7 1,572 #42
1901 1,434 8 1,442 #43
1900 1,743 6 1,749 #47
1899 1,388 6 1,394 #44
1898 1,425 — 1,425 #46
1897 1,267 7 1,274 #47
1896 1,256 7 1,263 #50
1895 1,334 — 1,334 #47
1894 1,256 — 1,256 #48
1893 1,178 — 1,178 #50
1892 1,210 6 1,216 #49
1891 1,031 5 1,036 #49
1890 1,118 6 1,124 #49
1889 1,047 6 1,053 #49
1888 1,001 5 1,006 #49
1887 815 — 815 #50
1886 844 — 844 #47
1885 783 6 789 #48
1884 800 — 800 #45
1883 697 — 697 #46
1882 638 — 638 #49
1881 563 — 563 #48
1880 544 — 544 #50