Josie
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning god increases; diminutive of Josephine.
How Josie has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #250 |
| 2016 | #237 |
| 2017 | #200 |
| 2018 | #193 |
| 2019 | #155 |
| 2020 | #134 |
| 2021 | #130 |
| 2022 | #119 |
| 2023 | #108 |
| 2024 | #88 |
| 2025 | #82 |
Josie by the numbers
In 2025, 186 babies in England and Wales were named Josie. In the US, 1,524 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1885, about 1 in 670 American girls born that year was called Josie.
Other names that come from Josephine
Like Josie, each of these traces back to Josephine: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- JosephineGod will add2,791 in the US (2017)
- Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 in the US (2017)
- Joselynngod will increase; a form of Josephine50 in the US (2017)
- Jogod will increase; a form of Josephine49 in the US (2017)
- Josettegod will increase; diminutive of Josephine41 in the US (2017)
- Josefinegod increases; a form of Josephine17 in the US (2017)
- JozelynGod will increase; a form of Josephine or Jocelyn12 in the US (2017)
- Joselynegod will increase; a form of Josephine11 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Josie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joliepretty, cheerful437 in the US (2017)
- Joiejoy46 in the US (2017)
- Joziegod increases; diminutive of Josephine42 in the US (2017)
- Jodiepraised; form of judith8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joriehe will uplift; a form of Jory29 in the US (2017)
- Josigod increases; a form of josephine or joseph22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Josie
Names that are said the same way as Josie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Josie, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Josie
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