Girls' name · since 1918
Josefine
707 babies named Josefine in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 707
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
707 babies have been named Josefine since 1918, making it today's #7169 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Josefine recorded 707 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #7169 nationally today, ahead of 59% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #9,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 707 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josefine ranks #9,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 707 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 707
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josefine's 707 recorded births place it above 86.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Josefine compares
707 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Josefine's all-time total is 88% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josefine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 707 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Josefine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josefine's full recorded timeline at 1994, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josefine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Josefine by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (153 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Josefine's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Josefine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s 26
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s 31
1940s
31 births
- 1950s 42
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1980s 50
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s
2000s
153 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 153 births (22% of all-time use).
How Josefine 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 Josefine's total volume
Josefine by state
Where Josefine concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 58 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 31 | 4.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
58 of 707 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Josefine's data
- Josefine's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (153 total births) through the 2020s (124) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Josefines (58 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Josefine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Josefine 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.