Josefine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-ze-feen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Josefine is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Josefine mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Josephine; French feminine of Joseph
“he will add”
Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, was known as Rose until Napoleon began calling her Josephine.
Meaning borrowed from Josephine. More on Wiktionary.
Is Josefine a girl's or a boy's name?
Josefine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josefine in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 girls.
Josefine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Josefine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Josefine, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer girls named Josefine than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Josefine in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,141 girls in the US were given Josefine or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #68, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
- Josephine 4,126
- Josefine 15
Josefine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
Nicknames for Josefine
Names like Josefine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle Delilah Esme Isabella Phoebe Ava Jasmine Madeleine Amelie Annabelle Mia Aria
Other spellings of Josefine
Names related to Josefine
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josefine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josefine, updated 20 October 2026.