Josee — girls' name
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.
33% of everyone ever named Josee was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Josee in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josee
The Social Security Administration has registered 577 babies named Josee between 1960 and 2023, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Josee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josee 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 577 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.
Josee at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1960
- Peak year (1998)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
577 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 38 births in a single year.
Josee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 190 births that decade — 33% of Josee's all-time total
Josee decade highlights
- Peak decade 190 births
- Runner-up 188 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Josee's strongest decade
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.