Josphine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Josphine

The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Josphine between 1909 and 2005, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josphine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josphine performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Josphine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Josphine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josphine 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 244 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.