Girls' name · since 1880
Josie
75,370 babies named Josie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #82 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75,370
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Josie currently ranks #82 among girls' names in America, with 75,370 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Josie recorded 75,370 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #82 nationally today, ahead of 99.5% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #458 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #82 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75,370 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josie ranks #458 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #82 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75,370 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #458 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #82 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75,370
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Josie's 75,370 recorded births place it above 99.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Josie compares
75,370 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Josie's all-time total is 200x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75,370 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,021 | 21 | 19,840 |
Josie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Josie splits its recorded history at 1953: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (140 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 3,021 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Josie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 3,021
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Josie popularity over time - boys
545 total births recorded since 1896 (Josie as boys' name)
Josie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14,981 births, 20% of the file).
2020s was Josie's strongest decade.
14,981 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Josie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,884
1880s
1,884 births
- 1890s 2,329
1890s
2,329 births
- 1900s 2,118
1900s
2,118 births
- 1910s 3,370
1910s
3,370 births
- 1920s 4,095
1920s
4,095 births
- 1930s 3,464
1930s
3,464 births
- 1940s 3,374
1940s
3,374 births
- 1950s 2,427
1950s
2,427 births
- 1960s 2,060
1960s
2,060 births
- 1970s 2,123
1970s
2,123 births
- 1980s 2,545
1980s
2,545 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,039 births
- 2000s
2000s
10,634 births
- 2010s
2010s
13,927 births
- 2020s
2020s
14,981 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14,981 births (20% of all-time use).
How Josie 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 Josie's total volume
Josie by state
Where Josie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6,700 | 8.9% |
| #2 | California | | 4,757 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,910 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 2,908 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 2,463 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 2,306 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 2,272 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 2,103 | 2.8% |
6,700 of 75,370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Josie appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Josies (6,700 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Josie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Josie 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.