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.

Josie

#458 most common girls' name of all time · #845 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#458
Rank overall
#845 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
75,915
Since 2016
21,385
Peak year
2025 #82
Best rank
#82 2025
Girls Boys peak 3,027/yr
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Josie 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 3,021 6 3,027 #82
2024 2,903 2,903 #88
2023 2,515 11 2,526 #108
2022 2,372 9 2,381 #120
2021 2,167 5 2,172 #130
2020 2,003 7 2,010 #134
2019 1,859 7 1,866 #155
2018 1,586 5 1,591 #191
2017 1,535 1,535 #200
2016 1,368 6 1,374 #237
2015 1,294 7 1,301 #250
2014 1,288 5 1,293 #252
2013 1,223 1,223 #266
2012 1,277 10 1,287 #253
2011 1,246 1,246 #256
2010 1,251 1,251 #262
2009 1,056 1,056 #310
2008 1,134 1,134 #294
2007 1,129 7 1,136 #299
2006 1,124 6 1,130 #294
2005 1,017 1,017 #318
2004 975 17 992 #324
2003 1,018 9 1,027 #305
2002 1,110 1,110 #282
2001 1,101 10 1,111 #282
2000 970 9 979 #328
1999 889 6 895 #340
1998 801 8 809 #360
1997 752 5 757 #367
1996 820 7 827 #340
1995 725 5 730 #361
1994 574 11 585 #439
1993 401 10 411 #588
1992 364 11 375 #622
1991 350 7 357 #638
1990 363 8 371 #619
1989 320 11 331 #644
1988 248 6 254 #755
1987 202 17 219 #850
1986 204 14 218 #823
1985 220 220 #769
1984 249 11 260 #679
1983 298 12 310 #594
1982 274 7 281 #651
1981 261 6 267 #668
1980 269 11 280 #664
1979 251 251 #682
1978 215 5 220 #729
1977 232 10 242 #676
1976 215 6 221 #691
1975 196 196 #739
1974 211 211 #699
1973 192 5 197 #731
1972 214 5 219 #685
1971 227 5 232 #680
1970 170 8 178 #813
1969 177 177 #757
1968 184 184 #720
1967 140 140 #855
1966 163 163 #769
1965 180 180 #745
1964 204 204 #727
1963 222 5 227 #674
1962 232 232 #670
1961 253 253 #640
1960 305 5 310 #561
1959 276 276 #596
1958 267 5 272 #609
1957 276 276 #580
1956 280 280 #560
1955 222 11 233 #623
1954 228 228 #600
1953 203 203 #622
1952 196 196 #632
1951 233 233 #552
1950 246 246 #522
1949 269 269 #492
1948 351 351 #423
1947 360 6 366 #428
1946 332 5 337 #422
1945 335 335 #384
1944 352 5 357 #376
1943 331 331 #404
1942 362 8 370 #372
1941 345 345 #360
1940 337 6 343 #351
1939 334 7 341 #353
1938 373 6 379 #326
1937 353 6 359 #331
1936 330 5 335 #344
1935 376 376 #325
1934 379 379 #321
1933 334 334 #340
1932 291 9 300 #384
1931 338 338 #348
1930 356 15 371 #354
1929 364 5 369 #339
1928 364 364 #357
1927 409 7 416 #333
1926 406 6 412 #328
1925 409 12 421 #330
1924 426 8 434 #326
1923 413 413 #318
1922 448 8 456 #308
1921 420 11 431 #321
1920 436 7 443 #314
1919 481 7 488 #290
1918 430 430 #307
1917 403 403 #306
1916 363 7 370 #319
1915 379 379 #299
1914 344 344 #283
1913 257 5 262 #298
1912 269 269 #274
1911 193 193 #280
1910 251 251 #242
1909 202 202 #249
1908 207 207 #235
1907 191 191 #247
1906 193 193 #227
1905 217 217 #206
1904 206 206 #210
1903 210 210 #201
1902 221 221 #195
1901 205 205 #199
1900 266 266 #193
1899 243 243 #176
1898 219 219 #197
1897 209 209 #189
1896 227 5 232 #182
1895 234 234 #175
1894 241 241 #168
1893 233 233 #164
1892 263 263 #152
1891 218 218 #155
1890 242 242 #146
1889 207 207 #153
1888 257 257 #134
1887 192 192 #136
1886 212 212 #131
1885 211 211 #123
1884 198 198 #124
1883 148 148 #133
1882 169 169 #122
1881 149 149 #116
1880 141 141 #116