first name
JOSIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 46,382 people named Josie, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% as Black. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Josie peaked in 2025, when 3,027 babies got the name.
At least 75,915 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Josie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #215. The largest share of babies named Josie, 33.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Josie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Josie has been most common in New Mexico (3×), Mississippi (2.5×), and Utah (2.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).
64,885 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 Josie
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Josie ranks #61,433 of 156,621, with 353 people. See Josie as a last name
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