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 1999 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 49 babies (rank #377 that year). In 2024 it was given to 21 girls (rank #573). 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.

625
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
49
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
199928#482
200022#580
200122#581
200238#427
200321#602
200449#377
200536#454
200634#478
200726#571
200826#594
200927#579
201034#488
201139#452
201227#562
201332#502
201430#510
201519#710
201637#444
202228#498
202329#471
202421#573