# Josey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josey/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,248 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,017 / 3,231 (76% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 37, 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 | 97 | 2,023 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,894 |
| 2013 | 99 | 1,982 |
| 2014 | 89 | 2,146 |
| 2015 | 76 | 2,422 |
| 2016 | 78 | 2,402 |
| 2017 | 93 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 87 | 2,172 |
| 2019 | 86 | 2,162 |
| 2020 | 84 | 2,162 |
| 2021 | 89 | 2,123 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,199 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,431 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,318 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,793 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,519 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,842 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,284 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,370 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,874 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,223 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,391 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,654 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,680 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,485 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,012 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,777 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,155 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,025 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,192 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## 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.