Josiephine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Josiephine

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,061 babies named Josiephine between 1880 and 1964, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josiephine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josiephine performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Josiephine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Josiephine in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josiephine 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 1,061 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.