Josetta

Peak · girls
1968 · 27 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
519
since 1919

Josetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Josetta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,360, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#15,2935
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2013#16,5475
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2011#14,8246
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2007#17,6365
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1997#13,7245
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1994#10,5697
1993#11,7806
1992#9,4918
1991#10,2717
1990#12,9585
1989#8,0379
1988#9,2447
1987#6,78810
1986#10,9125
1985#9,3076
1984—
1983#6,7059
1982#6,8889
1981#6,32310
1980#8,1787
1979#8,0617
1978#6,3859
1977—
1976#6,0489
1975#7,1737
1974#5,36010
1973#3,48118
1972#3,17720
1971#3,37319
1970#3,43518
1969#3,10219
1968#2,36027
1967#4,9828
1966—
1965#4,20210
1964#4,35510
1963#5,8916
1962#4,5339
1961#4,8828
1960#4,4379
1959#5,5666
1958—
1957#3,15014
1956#5,3256
1955#4,0699
1954#4,2788
1953#4,2268
1952#3,37211
1951#4,8336
1950#2,90913
1949#3,8928
1948#3,8838
1947#4,3457
1946#3,4309
1945#3,1329
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1943#3,4938
1942#4,6225
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1939#3,4297
1938#3,8476
1937#3,4347
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1930#4,5505
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1919#4,8145
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Josetta! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Josetta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Josetta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Josetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1968 at #2,360 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 60,755
  • Highest: 1 in 60,755 girls born in 1968 were named Josetta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Josetta (117) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s0——
1930s25#3,429 (1939)#3,815
1940s54#3,132 (1945)#3,828
1950s81#2,909 (1950)#4,192
1960s106#2,360 (1968)#4,305
1970s117#3,177 (1972)#5,166
1980s72#6,323 (1981)#8,042
1990s38#9,491 (1992)#11,466
2000s5#17,636 (2007)#17,636
2010s11#14,824 (2011)#15,686
2020s5#15,293 (2024)#15,293

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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