Josie

Meaning: God will add
Origin: Hebrew — Short form of Josephine

Girl's name · #82 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Josie was #116 in 1880, slipped to #855 by 1967, and reached #82 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. Roughly 75,000 girls have been named Josie since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Josie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#126 in N. Ireland (2025) · #148 in Canada (2025) · #191 in Scotland (2025) · #193 in New Zealand (2025) · #250 in England & Wales (2025) · #308 in Netherlands (2025) · #443 in Ireland (2025) · #798 in Austria (2025) · #1,148 in Belgium (2025) · #1,281 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,743 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Josies

Josie Totah — American actress (born 2001)
Josie Loren — American attorney and former actress (born 1987)
Josie Maran — American model, actress, and entrepreneur (born 1978)
Josie Bissett — American actress (born 1970)
Josie Davis — American actress (born 1973)

In stories & tradition

Josie McFarlane — Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Josie Rizal — Tekken character
Josie Packard^it — Twin Peaks character

What Josies become

Among 186 notable people named Josie:

Entertainers appear 2.01× more often than among typical names — e.g. Josie Maran, American model, actress, and entrepreneur (born 1978).

Similar names: Josephine · Sadie · Jovie · Elsie · Stella · Sophie

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