Josephine

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Josephine is a female name. It is the English version of the French name Josรฉphine, itself a female variant of the name Joseph , which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "he shall add/grow".

From Wikipedia

Josephine first appears in the data in 2013 and has been recorded in 5 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 128 babies (rank #129 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Josephine

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Josephine yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

218
Total babies (all years)
5
Years in the data
128
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
201369#100
20149#188
20158#211
2016128#129
20174#357