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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2021 with 269 babies (rank #94 that year). In 2024 it was given to 261 girls (rank #89). The name has been rising 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.

4,467
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
269
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
199161#435
199259#456
199359#446
199450#470
199580#355
199664#419
199781#341
199860#427
199961#435
200096#293
200177#353
200276#355
200378#367
200481#363
2005100#296
200687#353
2007112#288
2008109#299
2009103#324
2010128#250
2011128#253
2012143#232
2013159#209
2014172#192
2015169#188
2016188#160
2017192#155
2018260#103
2019231#111
2020232#106
2021269#94
2022225#110
2023216#115
2024261#89