Posey
Girl · POH-zee · English
Posey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “small bunch of flowers”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Posey mean?
English: from posy, a small bunch of flowers; also a pet form of Josephine
“small bunch of flowers”
From posy, a small bouquet, originally a contraction of poesy, a short verse; it is also a pet form of Josephine.
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Is Posey a girl's or a boy's name?
Posey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Posey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Posey, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Posey of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Posey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 girls in the UK were given Posey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #449, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Posey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
How popular is Posey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Posey, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
2025 had fewer girls named Posey than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Posey in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 116 girls in the US were given Posey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #3,388 for this spelling alone.
Posey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 48 | #3,329 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
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