The name Josephine is a feminine form of Joseph.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Josephine has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Josephine
Use of the Name Josephine for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
278,328
39,166
17,755
10,035
6,013
2,563
1,313
The table below indicates the number of times the name Josephine has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Josephine
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
50
544
1881
48
563
1882
49
638
1883
46
698
1884
45
800
1885
48
783
882
6
1886
47
843
1887
50
816
1888
49
1,001
1889
49
1,048
930
6
1890
49
1,118
946
6
1891
49
1,031
1892
49
1,211
1893
50
1,178
1894
48
1,256
1895
47
1,334
1896
50
1,256
937
7
1897
47
1,267
893
7
1898
46
1,425
1899
44
1,388
992
6
1900
47
1,744
1901
43
1,434
813
8
1902
42
1,564
982
7
1903
40
1,588
676
12
1904
40
1,702
1905
37
1,891
1906
38
1,898
970
8
1907
33
2,154
1908
28
2,389
1909
30
2,415
926
11
1910
30
2,794
1911
29
3,003
908
14
1912
28
3,965
1913
24
4,805
1914
23
5,870
1915
22
7,605
1916
21
8,119
1917
21
8,317
1918
24
8,676
1919
26
8,101
1920
28
8,092
1921
28
8,127
1922
28
7,850
1923
30
7,559
1924
34
7,273
1925
36
6,802
1926
37
6,399
1927
39
6,109
1928
42
5,661
1929
45
5,300
1930
49
4,974
1931
51
4,490
1932
57
4,093
1933
62
3,566
1934
61
3,734
1935
75
3,258
1936
77
3,146
1937
82
2,943
1938
83
2,979
1939
84
2,837
1940
89
2,737
1941
92
2,729
1942
100
2,739
1943
108
2,660
1944
115
2,321
1945
119
2,151
1946
127
2,219
1947
133
2,343
1948
134
2,243
1949
143
2,160
1950
146
2,093
1951
157
1,963
1952
169
1,862
1953
172
1,799
1954
186
1,719
1955
199
1,590
1956
210
1,485
1957
221
1,438
1958
239
1,274
1959
257
1,178
1960
263
1,159
1961
257
1,204
1962
270
1,092
1963
281
1,054
1964
298
959
1965
309
862
1966
305
840
1967
318
747
1968
334
688
1969
338
701
1970
365
674
1971
383
598
1972
372
582
1973
384
534
1974
388
535
1975
434
455
1976
451
428
1977
450
444
1978
436
458
1979
464
432
1980
430
500
1981
452
475
1982
440
489
1983
440
480
1984
470
439
1985
486
421
1986
471
454
1987
498
432
1988
450
502
1989
460
526
1990
438
572
1991
421
609
1992
426
589
1993
428
588
1994
391
644
1995
377
697
1996
371
724
1997
353
782
1998
346
835
1999
311
984
2000
288
1,105
2001
275
1,151
2002
264
1,194
2003
258
1,250
2004
242
1,313
Totals:
278,328
98
During the last 125 years, parents have used Josephine as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.