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In 2024, 3,746 girls in the United States were named Josephine, making it the 56th most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 147th a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 1918, with 8,709 births.
Records for Josephine go back to 1880, and 328,296 babies have been given the name since.
A feminine form of Joseph meaning "he will add". Its vintage elegance and literary connections have a romantic quality.
Josephine is of French origin, described as vintage in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 3,746 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A feminine form of Joseph meaning "he will add". Its vintage elegance and literary connections have a romantic quality.
Josephine is of French origin, and is usually described as vintage in style.
In 2024, 3,746 girls in the United States were named Josephine, making it the 56th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 3,746 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Joseph, Jose, Josie, Josey are shorter names in current US use that share the opening of Josephine.