first name
JOSEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,580 people named Josey, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. 76.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Josey peaked in 2012, when 121 babies got the name.
At least 4,248 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Josey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,955. The largest share of babies named Josey, 39%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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.
Exactly as common as Josey
5 other first names also have 3,580 people.
Either side of Josey
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Josey ranks #8,040 of 156,621, with 3,953 people. See Josey as a last name
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