Josey
- #2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births
- #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
- Given to girls 76.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 88 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,231since 1915
Josey over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,778 | 61 | #4,139 | 25 |
| 2024 | #2,303 | 80 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #2,193 | 86 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #2,119 | 89 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #2,156 | 84 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #2,155 | 86 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #2,159 | 87 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #2,087 | 93 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #2,385 | 78 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #2,408 | 76 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #1,886 | 106 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #2,017 | 97 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #2,093 | 94 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #1,989 | 104 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #2,234 | 88 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #2,257 | 86 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #2,014 | 93 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #1,985 | 91 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #2,081 | 82 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #1,791 | 97 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #1,774 | 88 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1997 | #1,884 | 78 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #2,125 | 64 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #1,863 | 75 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,650 | 46 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #1,974 | 31 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Josey! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Josey is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| Texas | #1,714 | 13 | 1 in 12,349 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Josey
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 622 spots since 2020 (#2,156 → #2,778)
Rise & fade · girls
83 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1998 at #1,774 (88 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 16,614
- Highest: 1 in 16,614 girls born in 2012 were named Josey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,774 in 1998, was only 1 in 20,079 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.0% of all girls named Josey (905) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,274 (1915) | #4,274 |
| 1920s | 12 | #4,306 (1926) | #4,352 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 23 | #4,124 (1942) | #4,470 |
| 1950s | 26 | #4,520 (1958) | #5,170 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,974 (1969) | #5,974 |
| 1970s | 73 | #4,679 (1978) | #6,217 |
| 1980s | 225 | #2,781 (1984) | #3,899 |
| 1990s | 594 | #1,774 (1998) | #2,335 |
| 2000s | 882 | #1,791 (2000) | #2,100 |
| 2010s | 905 | #1,886 (2012) | #2,131 |
| 2020s | 474 | #2,119 (2021) | #2,327 |
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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