Unisex name · since 1914
Posie
533 babies named Posie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,654 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 533
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Posie currently ranks #2654 among unisex names in America, with 533 babies recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Posie has been recorded 533 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #2654 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #11,386 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,654 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 533 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Posie ranks #11,386 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,654 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 533 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,386 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,654 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 533
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Posie's 533 recorded births place it above 84.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Posie compares
533 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Posie's all-time total is 42% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Posie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 533 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 85 | 21 | 19,840 |
Posie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Posie splits its recorded history at 2018: 88% of all births land in the more recent half, 12% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 85 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Posie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 85
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Posie popularity over time - boys
60 total births recorded since 1914 (Posie as boys' name)
Posie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (423 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Posie's strongest decade.
423 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Posie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s 99
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
423 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 423 births (79% of all-time use).
How Posie 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 Posie's total volume
Posie by state
Where Posie concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 19 | 3.6% |
| #2 | California | | 18 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 15 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 11 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 10 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.9% |
19 of 533 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Posie appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Posies (19 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 Posie: 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 (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Posie 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.