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How popular is the name Josey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Joseys are alive today.
Josey (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Josie in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 5 babies were given the name, the 2701st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Josie you are most likely to meet is around 25 years old. Half of all Josies born in England and Wales are between 10 and 29, and there are at least 6,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Josie.
How many babies are named Josey each year?
Includes all spellings: Josey, Josie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Josey spelling rank?
Where does the Josie spelling rank?
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
When was the name Josey most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Josie, peaked in 2002, when 214 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Josey spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 5 babies.
How many people are called Josey?
At least 6,800 people named Josey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Josey?
Most living Joseys are between 10 and 29; the most common age is about 25.
Is Josey becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.