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A name. A world of connections.
Recorded in official name statistics for United States, France and 2 more
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Josephe is a feminine given name.
Separate records with matching spellings: Josephe (Q127404315), Josèphe (French)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2006: 5 boys (rank 12055).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: JOSEPHE
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 45 | 244 | rounded |
| 1901 | 45 | 252 | rounded |
| 1902 | 40 | 270 | rounded |
| 1903 | 65 | 222 | rounded |
| 1904 | 55 | 246 | rounded |
| 1905 | 45 | 268 | rounded |
| 1906 | 60 | 240 | rounded |
| 1907 | 65 | 234 | rounded |
| 1908 | 55 | 255 | rounded |
| 1909 | 75 | 224 | rounded |
| 1910 | 70 | 229 | rounded |
| 1911 | 75 | 220 | rounded |
| 1912 | 75 | 225 | rounded |
| 1913 | 75 | 224 | rounded |
| 1914 | 85 | 201 | rounded |
| 1915 | 75 | 185 | rounded |
| 1916 | 45 | 211 | rounded |
| 1917 | 65 | 184 | rounded |
| 1918 | 70 | 175 | rounded |
| 1919 | 75 | 180 | rounded |
| 1920 | 95 | 196 | rounded |
| 1921 | 90 | 206 | rounded |
| 1922 | 80 | 215 | rounded |
| 1923 | 100 | 194 | rounded |
| 1924 | 75 | 225 | rounded |
| 1925 | 95 | 211 | rounded |
| 1926 | 100 | 207 | rounded |
| 1927 | 105 | 196 | rounded |
| 1928 | 100 | 204 | rounded |
| 1929 | 80 | 227 | rounded |
| 1930 | 90 | 215 | rounded |
| 1931 | 85 | 223 | rounded |
| 1932 | 90 | 216 | rounded |
| 1933 | 65 | 246 | rounded |
| 1934 | 75 | 232 | rounded |
| 1935 | 75 | 221 | rounded |
| 1936 | 65 | 233 | rounded |
| 1937 | 60 | 235 | rounded |
| 1938 | 55 | 247 | rounded |
| 1939 | 60 | 234 | rounded |
| 1940 | 60 | 226 | rounded |
| 1941 | 60 | 226 | rounded |
| 1942 | 50 | 248 | rounded |
| 1943 | 45 | 265 | rounded |
| 1944 | 50 | 265 | rounded |
| 1945 | 65 | 234 | rounded |
| 1946 | 50 | 291 | rounded |
| 1947 | 45 | 323 | rounded |
| 1948 | 35 | 367 | rounded |
| 1949 | 40 | 356 | rounded |
| 1950 | 35 | 389 | rounded |
| 1951 | 50 | 333 | rounded |
| 1952 | 50 | 334 | rounded |
| 1953 | 40 | 362 | rounded |
| 1954 | 30 | 424 | rounded |
| 1955 | 35 | 414 | rounded |
| 1956 | 35 | 414 | rounded |
| 1957 | 35 | 438 | rounded |
| 1958 | 30 | 495 | rounded |
| 1959 | 25 | 546 | rounded |
| 1960 | 35 | 466 | rounded |
| 1961 | 20 | 602 | rounded |
| 1962 | 30 | 521 | rounded |
| 1963 | 25 | 546 | rounded |
| 1964 | 20 | 649 | rounded |
| 1965 | 10 | 870 | rounded |
| 1966 | 10 | 884 | rounded |
| 1967 | 10 | 915 | rounded |
| 1968 | 10 | 1,142 | rounded |
| 1969 | 5 | 1,307 | rounded |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,408 | rounded |
| 1971 | 5 | 1,472 | rounded |
| 1972 | 5 | 2,084 | rounded |
| 1973 | 5 | 1,424 | rounded |
| 1974 | 5 | 1,929 | rounded |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 2,955 | rounded |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “JOSEPHE” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Josephe— “addition”
Not to be behindhand in devotion, the Emperor Leopold christened his son Joseph, and thus recommended it to all his subjects; and, perhaps, the Tyrol is the greatest of all the strongholds of the Josephs, the name being there called by its last syllable in all endearing varieties, Sepp, Sepperl, &c.; while the Swiss, on the other side, have Sipp and Sippli. Maria Josepha was a daughter of Maria Theresa, and these two are seldom separated in Germany, Italy, or France; but as…
Not to be behindhand in devotion, the Emperor Leopold christened his son Joseph, and thus recommended it to all his subjects; and, perhaps, the Tyrol is the greatest of all the strongholds of the Josephs, the name being there called by its last syllable in all endearing varieties, Sepp, Sepperl, &c.; while the Swiss, on the other side, have Sipp and Sippli. Maria Josepha was a daughter of Maria Theresa, and these two are seldom separated in Germany, Italy, or France; but as Maria forms part of the name of every Roman Catholic woman, and of most men, the second name is the one for use. Marie Josephe Rose was the Christian name of her whom we know and pity as the Empress Josephine, and to whom it is owing that France was once full of young ladies usually called Fifine or Finette; while the rougher damsels of Lucerne are content to be Boppi in familiar life.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter II (Patriarchal Names), Section VI (Joseph) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
