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How popular is the name Fifi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fifis are alive today.
Fifi (female) is a shortened form of the name Josephine (and sometimes of Josie). Fifi itself was last registered for 3 babies in 2022; most Fifis are registered as Josephine, which ranked 256th in 2025 with 182 babies.
Most people called Fifi are registered as Josephine, and share that name's profile: the Josephine you are most likely to meet is around 81 years old. Half of all Josephines born in England and Wales are between 40 and 80, and there are at least 36,000 of them alive today. Only some Josephines go by Fifi.
How many babies are named Fifi or Josephine each year?
Combined registrations of Josephine, Fifi. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Josephine rank as a registered name?
Where does Fifi rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Fifi short for Josephine?
Yes - Fifi is a shortened form of Josephine. It is also used for Josie. Fifis are usually registered as Josephine at birth.
When was the name Fifi most popular?
The full name Josephine peaked in 1934, when around 1,000 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Fifi itself peaked as a registered name in 2017, with 12 babies.
How many people are called Fifi?
There's no official count of people who go by Fifi, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 36,000 people registered as Josephine born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Fifi.
How old is the typical Fifi?
Most people called Fifi are registered as Josephine. Most living Josephines are between 40 and 80; the most common age is about 81.
Is Fifi becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1934 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.