Josephine

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #53in 2025
  • 1 in 389girls in 2025
  • +83%last ten years
  • 5.5×in Vermont

Most popular in 1916, and up 83% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,8917,78218801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Josephine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18805,978
18816,123
18825,916
18836,205
18846,201
18855,885
18865,839
18875,583
18885,604
18895,870
18905,873
18915,558
18925,698
18935,533
18945,634
18955,710
18965,279
18975,410
18985,507
18995,957
19005,814
19015,991
19025,926
19036,058
19046,177
19056,495
19066,434
19076,768
19087,146
19096,958
19107,064
19117,198
19127,131
19137,721
19147,742
19157,731
19167,782
19177,700
19187,500
19197,171
19206,754
19216,597
19226,548
19236,267
19245,824
19255,594
19265,407
19275,122
19284,917
19294,745
19304,430
19314,224
19323,837
19333,541
19343,584
19353,111
19363,019
19372,765
19382,699
19392,587
19402,400
19412,256
19422,034
19431,909
19441,751
19451,642
19461,418
19471,326
19481,313
19491,264
19501,222
19511,092
19521,004
1953956
1954885
1955816
1956740
1957705
1958633
1959582
1960572
1961596
1962561
1963547
1964508
1965489
1966495
1967451
1968422
1969414
1970387
1971362
1972381
1973367
1974365
1975313
1976294
1977288
1978298
1979272
1980302
1981286
1982290
1983287
1984260
1985246
1986266
1987251
1988282
1989286
1990305
1991324
1992321
1993329
1994363
1995398
1996414
1997450
1998475
1999558
2000615
2001640
2002667
2003688
2004728
2005806
2006814
2007812
2008865
2009886
2010943
2011983
20121,111
20131,147
20141,280
20151,403
20161,578
20171,635
20181,793
20191,861
20201,891
20212,067
20221,991
20232,101
20242,324
20252,567

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 5.5×
  2. District of Columbia 4.0×
  3. Alaska 3.5×
  4. Maine 3.3×
  5. New Hampshire 3.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
4,126
Rank in 2025
#53
How rare
1 in 389 girls
Since 1880
331,467

Most popular in 1916, at 7,782 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 83% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont5.5×36
District of Columbia4.0×61
Alaska3.5×41
Maine3.3×69
New Hampshire3.2×84

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.