Josanne — girls' name

What the Data Says About Josanne

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Josanne between 1955 and 1960, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josanne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josanne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Josanne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Josanne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josanne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 58 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.