Josette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-ZET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,833 for girls
Josette is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 1,833rd for girls in the US (109 babies).
What does Josette mean?
Hebrew: French diminutive of Josèphe, from Joseph
“he will add”
A French diminutive of Josèphe, the feminine form of Joseph.
Is Josette a girl's or a boy's name?
Josette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 109 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josette in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 girls.
Josette in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Josette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,833among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were named Josette, making it the 1,833rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 1968, with 504 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more girls named Josette than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Josette in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #1,833 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,068 |
| 2021 | 95 | #2,024 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 56 | #2,458 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,074 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 116 | #1,379 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,809 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1979 | 87 | #1,410 |
| 1978 | 85 | #1,374 |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,225 |
| 1976 | 95 | #1,191 |
| 1975 | 96 | #1,202 |
| 1974 | 120 | #1,003 |
| 1973 | 162 | #808 |
| 1972 | 175 | #780 |
| 1971 | 218 | #698 |
| 1970 | 298 | #588 |
| 1969 | 293 | #578 |
| 1968 | 504 | #416 |
| 1967 | 181 | #728 |
| 1966 | 48 | #1,621 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,435 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,444 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,552 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,446 |
| 1959 | 57 | #1,416 |
| 1958 | 71 | #1,259 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,457 |
| 1956 | 60 | #1,338 |
| 1955 | 58 | #1,319 |
| 1954 | 62 | #1,255 |
| 1953 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,265 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 56 | #1,209 |
| 1948 | 56 | #1,208 |
| 1947 | 60 | #1,160 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,375 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,698 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,899 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,009 |
| 1938 | 44 | #1,079 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
Nicknames for Josette
Names like Josette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine Michelle Jessica Janelle Molly Elise Holly Marnie Robyn Daphne Charlotte Leah
Names related to Josette
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, “Josette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josette, updated 20 October 2026.