How rare is the name Josette?

6,678 people in the United States have the first name Josette, about 1 in 45,228. It ranks #3,221 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSETTE

#3,221

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,678
About
1 in 45,228
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,678 people named Josette, 47.4% reported their origin as White, 29.7% as Black and 14.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Josette peaked in 1968, when 504 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1968
Births that year
504
In 2025*
109 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,659 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Josette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,531. The largest share of babies named Josette, 38.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#8,50918
1920s#8,37938
1930s#4,049129
1940s#2,304402
1950s#2,232575
1960s#1,5311,358
1970s#1,5831,435
1980s#3,279532
1990s#3,626638
2000s#5,367501
2010s#5,686497
2020s#3,839536
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–455%
Baby boom 1946–6415.9%
Generation X 1965–8038.8%
Millennials 1981–9614%
Generation Z 1997–1211.9%
2013 and later13.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Josette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Josette has been most common in New York (3×), California (2.2×), and New Mexico (1.8×), and least common in Georgia (0.46×).

3,442 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Josette

#3,218 Lavern · 6,684#3,220 Broderick · 6,679#3,222 Briley · 6,676#3,223 Kingsley · 6,673

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josette, most common first.

#21,583 Josetta · 469#21,849 Jozette · 461#24,098 Joseth · 402#38,175 Jossette · 202#45,337 Joset · 150#51,658 Josett · 112

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