Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Josephine

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Josephine
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

8,682

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

56.9%

2024

3,746

All-time

327,305

Josephine has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 8,682 girls were named Josephine.

In 2024, only 3,746 girls were given the name.

Down 56.9% from its peak.

All told, about 327,305 Americans have been named Josephine and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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