Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Josie

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
English
God will add; short form of Josephine
Hebrew

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Josie

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1987 (rank #2940, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #82, 3,021 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202563,021
2024–2,893
2023112,513
202292,369
202152,165
202072,001
201971,855
2018–1,586
2017–1,535
201661,366

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #204, 214 births); most recent 2025 (rank #250, 186 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025186
2024182
2023162
2022171
2021161
2020172
2019188
2018168
2017184
2016154

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1955 (rank #390, 37 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2753, 9 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20239
20228
2021–
2020–
20193
20187
20173
20163
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #406, 9 births); most recent 2025 (rank #435, 8 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20258
20249
20237
20229
20214
20204
20195
20185
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #160, 26 births); most recent 2025 (rank #191, 21 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202521
202426
202322
202213
202111
202014
201912
20189
201713
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #126, 16 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202516
20249
20238
202210
202112
20205
20198
20185
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #117, 27 births); most recent 2023 (rank #118, 25 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202325
202223
202127
202015
201919
201810
201711
20165
201512
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence