Names / Girl names
Josephine
Current rank
#53
and rising
All-time peak
#21
in 1917
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
332,400
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #21 in 1917 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Josephine enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a girls' name. It hit its high in 1917 at #21. It currently ranks #53 and is trending upward. Across all years, more than 332,400 children have been named this.