Josey
Girl · JOH-zee · Hebrew
Josey is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God will add”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Josey mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Joseph or Josephine
“God will add”
A pet form of Joseph or Josephine; also the hero of the 1976 western The Outlaw Josey Wales.
- Say it
- JOH-zee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Josey a girl's or a boy's name?
Josey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 61 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Josey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 6 girls. 3 boys were also named Josey in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Josey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Josey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Josey, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915. 25 boys were also named Josey in 2025 (4,138th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Josey than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Josey in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,152 girls in the US were given Josey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #100, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
In 1980, 40% of the babies named Josey in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 71%, with more girls than boys since 1990.
Josey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,087 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,139 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,977 |
| 2012 | 106 | #1,886 |
| 2011 | 97 | #2,017 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 93 | #2,013 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 91 | #1,984 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,078 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,787 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 78 | #1,881 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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