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How popular is the name Posey?

Births per year, rank history and how many Poseys are alive today.

Posey (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Posy in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

Across all spellings of the name, the Posy you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Posies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 11, and there are at least 370 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Posy - on average, only one in every 852 such rooms contains a Posy.

How many babies are named Posey each year?

Includes all spellings: Posey, Posy. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

010203020202002: 32003: 32004: 72005: 42007: 52008: 102009: 72010: 42011: 42012: 42013: 32014: 62015: 252016: 172017: 272018: 202019: 232020: 222021: 342022: 292023: 252024: 302025: 37actual

Where does the Posey spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202015: ranked 2,9452016: ranked 4,0962017: ranked 4,0632018: ranked 3,9852019: ranked 2,6432020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 2,4992022: ranked 3,9712023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 2,4122025: ranked 1,892

Where does the Posy spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202002: ranked 4,1372003: ranked 4,3732004: ranked 2,5302005: ranked 3,9702007: ranked 3,6672008: ranked 2,2922009: ranked 3,0312010: ranked 4,6882011: ranked 4,7642012: ranked 4,8382013: ranked 5,7422014: ranked 3,5142015: ranked 1,7112016: ranked 2,2332017: ranked 1,4572018: ranked 1,8872019: ranked 1,9402020: ranked 1,7732021: ranked 1,3112022: ranked 1,3262023: ranked 1,6402024: ranked 1,6032025: ranked 1,407

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.

Chart: babies named Posey per year in England and Wales, 2002 to 2025, peaking at about 37 in 2025
Posey: births per year in England and Wales, 2002-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Posey most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Posy, peaked in 2025, when 37 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Posey spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 15 babies.

How many people are called Posey?

At least 370 people named Posey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Posey?

Most living Poseys are between 3 and 11; the most common age is about 2.

Is Posey becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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