Josefine

girls:

669 births since 1918

#5047 (12th percentile)

overall:

669 births since 1918

#7070 (9th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Josefine is the #7,070 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 669 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,047 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 669 births since 1918.

Josefine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918). Birth data for Josefine is available in 62 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Josefine reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #915) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Josefine ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 78.8% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Josefine".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
669
Peak Births
26
Peak Year
2021
First Recorded
1918
Peak Percentile
2.2%
Current Percentile
1.6%
Peak Rank
#915
Current Rank
#932
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Josefine

Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Josefine. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 32.0% confident that Josefine is pronounced as JOH-zuh-FEEN, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-zuh-feen, at 32.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.

joh-suh-FEEN (3 syllables)
8.0% confidence
JH OW0 S AH0 F IY1 N
joh-seh-FEEN (3 syllables)
6.0% confidence
JH OW0 S EH0 F IY1 N
hoh-suh-FAIN (3 syllables)
4.0% confidence
HH OW0 S AH0 F AY1 N
joh-ZEH-feen (3 syllables)
4.0% confidence
JH OW0 Z EH1 F IY0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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