Girl name#135 of girl names
Josephine
Pronounced JH OW1 S AH0 F IY2 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
How popular is Josephine?
Josephine is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 329,033 children — the 135th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1918, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1918, when 8,689 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH OW1 S AH0 F IY2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 102
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Josephine
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Josephine
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Josephine?
- Josephine ranks 135th among girls' names in US records, with 329,033 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 31,317.
- Is Josephine a unisex name?
- No. Josephine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Josephine most popular?
- 1918, when 8,689 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.