Girls' name · since 1960
Josee
577 babies named Josee in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 577
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 577 have been recorded since 1960.
Josee has 577 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2023.
- #10,812 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 577 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josee ranks #10,812 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 577 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 577
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josee's 577 recorded births place it above 85.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Josee's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Josee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2023
- Peak year (1998)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Josee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (190 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Josee's strongest decade.
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Josee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
188 births
- 2000s
2000s
190 births
- 2010s
2010s
124 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 190 births (33% of all-time use).
How Josee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Josee's total volume
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What to do with Josee's data
- Josee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (190 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Josee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Josee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.