Josephine
Girl9 letters
#483
in Ireland (2025)
#473 with spellings combined
7
babies in 2025
#25
best rank (1964)
3,505
babies since 1964
Down 9
10-year rank change
Josephine through the years
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| Year | Babies (girls) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #473 |
| 2024 | 8 | #433 |
| 2023 | 8 | #434 |
| 2022 | 7 | #497 |
| 2021 | 5 | #643 |
| 2020 | 8 | #437 |
| 2019 | 4 | #700 |
| 2018 | 4 | #715 |
| 2017 | 9 | #432 |
| 2016 | 5 | #663 |
| 2015 | 9 | #464 |
| 2014 | 10 | #430 |
| 2013 | 8 | #496 |
| 2012 | 5 | #679 |
| 2011 | 15 | #327 |
| 2010 | 12 | #396 |
| 2009 | 11 | #412 |
| 2008 | 12 | #383 |
| 2007 | 14 | #307 |
| 2006 | 6 | #503 |
| 2005 | 10 | #347 |
| 2004 | 3 | #677 |
| 2003 | 17 | #220 |
| 2002 | 11 | #289 |
| 2001 | 8 | #335 |
| 2000 | 10 | #284 |
| 1999 | 6 | #356 |
| 1998 | 5 | #381 |
| 1997 | 30 | #156 |
| 1996 | 16 | #235 |
| 1995 | 18 | #211 |
| 1994 | 34 | #144 |
| 1993 | 31 | #153 |
| 1992 | 39 | #138 |
| 1991 | 39 | #133 |
| 1990 | 29 | #168 |
| 1989 | 44 | #123 |
| 1988 | 35 | #150 |
| 1987 | 36 | #147 |
| 1986 | 37 | #153 |
| 1985 | 55 | #121 |
| 1984 | 59 | #117 |
| 1983 | 69 | #108 |
| 1982 | 64 | #124 |
| 1981 | 68 | #115 |
| 1980 | 68 | #114 |
| 1979 | 77 | #102 |
| 1978 | 83 | #98 |
| 1977 | 97 | #84 |
| 1976 | 112 | #75 |
| 1975 | 113 | #76 |
| 1974 | 119 | #78 |
| 1973 | 139 | #65 |
| 1972 | 123 | #74 |
| 1971 | 161 | #53 |
| 1970 | 167 | #51 |
| 1969 | 185 | #45 |
| 1968 | 171 | #43 |
| 1967 | 217 | #34 |
| 1966 | 199 | #37 |
| 1965 | 247 | #34 |
| 1964 | 287 | #25 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Josephine yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine | 7 | 3,505 |
In Northern Ireland
#205 in 2025 with 8 babies. Best rank #205 (2025); 58 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.