Josie-Mae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-zee-MAY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Josie-Mae is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add + the month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Josie-Mae mean?
Hebrew: Josie + Mae
“he will add + the month of May”
Joins Josie (Hebrew, “he will add”) and Mae (English, “the month of May”).
Meanings borrowed from Josie and Mae.
Is Josie-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Josie-Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josie-Mae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Josie-Mae, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Josie-Mae than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Josie-Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
Names like Josie-Mae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie, Annie, Delilah, Eliza, Ottilie, Maria, Penelope, Elodie, Aria, Marnie, Florence, Sadie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josie-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josie-mae, updated 20 October 2026.