Josie
The 2025 national count puts Josie at #82, and it is climbing. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 75,370 bearers and counting.
Josie’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Josie, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Josie since 1880
Josie is at its all-time peak right now: #82 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Josie is most common
Josie is most common in Vermont: 0.92% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Maine (0.8%) and Wyoming (0.74%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Josie
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jace
#114 in 2025
Jaxon
#115 in 2025
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jasper
#129 in 2025 · Persian
Jude
#155 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jaxson
#156 in 2025
Jayce
#167 in 2025
Judah
#178 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Josie
How popular is the name Josie?
The 2025 national count puts Josie at #82, and it is climbing. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Josie?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Josie, so this page does not invent one.
What names go with Josie?
Jace, Jaxon and Josiah sit nearest to Josie on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Josie’s free Name Kit
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