Josey
Josey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 79 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 790.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2012106 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 4,160people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,168 girls have been named Josey in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 106 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 29%.
Josey is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are boys (992), most of them born around 1989.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Josey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 12 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 7 | |
| 1970s | 73 | |
| 1980s | 225 | |
| 1990s | 594 | |
| 2000s | 882 | |
| 2010s | 905 | |
| 2020s | 411 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Josey was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Josey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Palomapeak 2009
- Amnapeak 2015
- Kalliepeak 2014
- Daniellapeak 2007
- Skyepeak 2014
- Syedapeak 2024
- Hanapeak 2005
- Jadepeak 2002
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.