Josphine

Girl · recorded 1909–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Josphine.

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

081619091933195719812005

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Josphine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190914
191015
191216
191310
19159
19168
19175
191815
19197
19208
19218
19226
192310
19246
19256
19265
19274
19294
19306
19317
19356
19367
19405
19445
19484
19503
19562
19583
19623
19674
19723
19733
19893
19943
20003
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Josphine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
5
Rank in 2005
#16,462
How rare
1 in 369,568 girls
Since 1909
244

Josphine was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 16 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Josphine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.