# Josette (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josette/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,659 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,659 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 25, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 4,984 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,241 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,788 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,162 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,758 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,947 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,587 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,137 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,943 |
| 2020 | 74 | 2,387 |
| 2021 | 95 | 2,037 |
| 2022 | 93 | 2,076 |
| 2023 | 80 | 2,297 |
| 2024 | 85 | 2,223 |
| 2025 | 109 | 1,836 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Josette

- Josette Day, French actress (1914-1978)
- Josette Simon, British actor (born 1959 / 1960)
- Josette Andriot, French actress (1886-1942)
- Josette Banzet, actress
- Josette Sheeran, American diplomat
- Josette Rey-Debove, French lexicographer and linguist (1929-2005)
- Micheline Dax, French actress (1924–2014)
- Sylvia Sanchez, Filipino actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.