Josey**
#2,743 most common girls' name of all time · #4,686 across all names · 24% male / 76% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#2,743
Rank overall
#4,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
4,248
Since 2016
1,024
Peak year
2012 #1,891
Best rank
#1,778 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 121/yr
Josey first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 25 | 86 | #2,793 |
| 2024 | 80 | 27 | 107 | #2,308 |
| 2023 | 74 | 19 | 93 | #2,421 |
| 2022 | 86 | 21 | 107 | #2,197 |
| 2021 | 89 | 19 | 108 | #2,126 |
| 2020 | 84 | 22 | 106 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 86 | 16 | 102 | #2,158 |
| 2018 | 87 | 16 | 103 | #2,163 |
| 2017 | 93 | 23 | 116 | #2,088 |
| 2016 | 78 | 18 | 96 | #2,392 |
| 2015 | 76 | 12 | 88 | #2,410 |
| 2014 | 89 | 17 | 106 | #2,143 |
| 2013 | 99 | 17 | 116 | #1,982 |
| 2012 | 106 | 15 | 121 | #1,891 |
| 2011 | 97 | 6 | 103 | #2,020 |
| 2010 | 94 | 15 | 109 | #2,098 |
| 2009 | 104 | 14 | 118 | #1,993 |
| 2008 | 88 | 16 | 104 | #2,239 |
| 2007 | 86 | 15 | 101 | #2,263 |
| 2006 | 96 | 10 | 106 | #2,056 |
| 2005 | 93 | 8 | 101 | #2,017 |
| 2004 | 69 | 18 | 87 | #2,456 |
| 2003 | 91 | 14 | 105 | #1,986 |
| 2002 | 82 | 18 | 100 | #2,084 |
| 2001 | 76 | 18 | 94 | #2,153 |
| 2000 | 97 | 19 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 61 | 25 | 86 | #2,409 |
| 1998 | 88 | 21 | 109 | #1,778 |
| 1997 | 78 | 20 | 98 | #1,886 |
| 1996 | 64 | 15 | 79 | #2,134 |
| 1995 | 75 | 32 | 107 | #1,869 |
| 1994 | 54 | 27 | 81 | #2,389 |
| 1993 | 41 | 28 | 69 | #2,899 |
| 1992 | 46 | 25 | 71 | #2,655 |
| 1991 | 42 | 31 | 73 | #2,802 |
| 1990 | 45 | 38 | 83 | #2,611 |
| 1989 | 27 | 42 | 69 | #3,697 |
| 1988 | 27 | 41 | 68 | #3,504 |
| 1987 | 21 | 31 | 52 | #4,020 |
| 1986 | 24 | 17 | 41 | #3,580 |
| 1985 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #5,744 |
| 1984 | 32 | 25 | 57 | #2,805 |
| 1983 | 31 | 21 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 1982 | 16 | 22 | 38 | #4,576 |
| 1981 | 16 | 28 | 44 | #4,584 |
| 1980 | 19 | 29 | 48 | #4,024 |
| 1979 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #6,288 |
| 1978 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #4,731 |
| 1977 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #5,601 |
| 1976 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #5,693 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,089 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,391 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,640 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,262 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,127 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,221 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,644 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,604 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,025 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,969 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,662 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,856 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,388 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,532 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,639 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,756 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,804 |