Josephine
180
Babies in 2024
+2%
10-year change
1997
Peak · 269
+6%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Josephine
Josephine peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (269 babies in 1997) and has remained in active use — 180 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Josephine reached its peak in 1997, when 269 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #168 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 180 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 5,889 girls have been officially registered with the name Josephine in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 2,030 girls were registered with the name, starting from 176 in 2014 and ending at 180 in 2024.