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How popular is “Josie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Josie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Josie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Josie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Josie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Josie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Josie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Josie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 141 0.000699807 141 100%
1881 149 0.000773271 149 100%
1882 169 0.000762866 169 100%
1883 148 0.000682197 148 100%
1884 198 0.000813272 198 100%
1885 211 0.000876049 211 100%
1886 212 0.000830344 212 100%
1887 192 0.000776096 192 100%
1888 257 0.000858171 257 100%
1889 207 0.000716397 207 100%
1890 242 0.000802917 242 100%
1891 218 0.000760448 218 100%
1892 263 0.000786544 263 100%
1893 233 0.000716431 233 100%
1894 241 0.000711565 241 100%
1895 234 0.000666629 234 100%
1896 232 0.00064898 227 5 96%
1897 209 0.00060238 209 100%
1898 219 0.000574118 219 100%
1899 243 0.00071632 243 100%
1900 266 0.000590772 266 100%
1901 205 0.000592808 205 100%
1902 221 0.000571454 221 100%
1903 210 0.000550892 210 100%
1904 206 0.000510552 206 100%
1905 217 0.000511887 217 100%
1906 193 0.00045046 193 100%
1907 191 0.000410408 191 100%
1908 207 0.000423617 207 100%
1909 202 0.00039513 202 100%
1910 251 0.000424912 251 100%
1911 193 0.00029956 193 100%
1912 269 0.00027225 269 100%
1913 262 0.000230409 257 5 96%
1914 344 0.000242879 344 100%
1915 379 0.00020683 379 100%
1916 370 0.000191272 363 7 96%
1917 403 0.000200822 403 100%
1918 430 0.000198055 430 100%
1919 488 0.000231253 481 7 97%
1920 443 0.000195789 436 7 97%
1921 431 0.000184622 420 11 95%
1922 456 0.0001992 448 8 96%
1923 413 0.000179372 413 100%
1924 434 0.00018223 426 8 96%
1925 421 0.000180431 409 12 94%
1926 412 0.00017945 406 6 97%
1927 416 0.00017936 409 7 97%
1928 364 0.000160995 364 100%
1929 369 0.000168327 364 5 97%
1930 371 0.00016687 356 15 92%
1931 338 0.000160617 338 100%
1932 300 0.000142093 291 9 94%
1933 334 0.000167046 334 100%
1934 379 0.000182491 379 100%
1935 376 0.000179913 376 100%
1936 335 0.000161245 330 5 97%
1937 359 0.000168492 353 6 97%
1938 379 0.000171294 373 6 97%
1939 341 0.000154758 334 7 96%
1940 343 0.000148957 337 6 97%
1941 345 0.000141601 345 100%
1942 370 0.000135441 362 8 96%
1943 331 0.000117269 331 100%
1944 357 0.00013271 352 5 97%
1945 335 0.000126276 335 100%
1946 337 0.000105467 332 5 97%
1947 366 0.000101601 360 6 97%
1948 351 0.000101665 351 100%
1949 269 0.000077193 269 100%
1950 246 0.000070218 246 100%
1951 233 0.000063251 233 100%
1952 196 0.000051606 196 100%
1953 203 0.000052677 203 100%
1954 228 0.000057276 228 100%
1955 233 0.000058031 222 11 91%
1956 280 0.000067911 280 100%
1957 276 0.000065681 276 100%
1958 272 0.000065797 267 5 96%
1959 276 0.000066378 276 100%
1960 310 0.00007463 305 5 97%
1961 253 0.000061077 253 100%
1962 232 0.000057492 232 100%
1963 227 0.000057349 222 5 96%
1964 204 0.000052474 204 100%
1965 180 0.000049649 180 100%
1966 163 0.000046898 163 100%
1967 140 0.000041238 140 100%
1968 184 0.000054463 184 100%
1969 177 0.000050931 177 100%
1970 178 0.000049355 170 8 91%
1971 232 0.000067592 227 5 96%
1972 219 0.000069679 214 5 95%
1973 197 0.000065299 192 5 95%
1974 211 0.000069408 211 100%
1975 196 0.000064914 196 100%
1976 221 0.000072834 215 6 95%
1977 242 0.000076185 232 10 92%
1978 220 0.000069316 215 5 95%
1979 251 0.000075443 251 100%
1980 280 0.000081289 269 11 92%
1981 267 0.000077182 261 6 96%
1982 281 0.000080103 274 7 95%
1983 310 0.000089509 298 12 92%
1984 260 0.000074525 249 11 92%
1985 220 0.00006164 220 100%
1986 218 0.000061286 204 14 87%
1987 219 0.000060739 202 17 84%
1988 255 0.000069011 249 6 95%
1989 331 0.000086098 320 11 93%
1990 371 0.000093865 363 8 96%
1991 357 0.00009165 350 7 96%
1992 375 0.000097624 364 11 94%
1993 411 0.00010901 401 10 95%
1994 586 0.000157626 575 11 96%
1995 730 0.000199336 725 5 99%
1996 828 0.000227024 821 7 98%
1997 757 0.000208784 752 5 99%
1998 809 0.000219944 801 8 98%
1999 895 0.000242294 889 6 99%
2000 979 0.000259001 970 9 98%
2001 1111 0.00029679 1101 10 98%
2002 1110 0.000296927 1110 100%
2003 1027 0.000270098 1018 9 98%
2004 992 0.000259623 975 17 97%
2005 1017 0.00026451 1017 100%
2006 1129 0.000285376 1124 5 99%
2007 1136 0.000284165 1129 7 99%
2008 1134 0.000288501 1134 100%
2009 1056 0.000276427 1056 100%
2010 1251 0.000338498 1251 100%
2011 1245 0.000340369 1245 100%
2012 1288 0.000352166 1278 10 98%
2013 1222 0.000335192 1222 100%
2014 1293 0.000348858 1288 5 99%
2015 1300 0.000351265 1293 7 99%
2016 1372 0.000373975 1366 6 99%
2017 1535 0.000429227 1535 100%
2018 1586 0.000451094 1586 100%
2019 1862 0.000536455 1855 7 99%
2020 2008 0.000601094 2001 7 99%
2021 2170 0.000640506 2165 5 100%
2022 2378 0.000702898 2369 9 99%
2023 2524 0.000762262 2513 11 99%
2024 2893 0.00086916 2893 100%

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