Josette
Josette was the 1836th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 109 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 417th with 504 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 922 places. More babies were named Josette in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,836 girls, up 551 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 109girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1968504 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,659babies recorded
Josette popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,836 | 109 |
| 2020 | #2,387 | 74 |
| 2010 | #4,533 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,223 | 71 |
| 1990 | #2,384 | 52 |
| 1980 | #1,775 | 62 |
| 1970 | #590 | 298 |
| 1960 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1950 | #1,418 | 42 |
| 1940 | #2,000 | 17 |
| 1930 | #4,295 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,657 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Josette, counting every spelling?
Josette is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,660 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,836 for Josette on its own. Together these spellings went to 109 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josette | 109 | #1,836 | 462 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Josette?
109 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Josette (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Josette born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 77 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Josette.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Josette?
About 5,900 people born in the US named Josette are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 26 and 58. That makes Josette mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Josette by state
How common Josette was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Josette
How popular is the name Josette?
Josette was the 1836th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 109 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 417th with 504 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 922 places. More babies were named Josette in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Josette a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Josette in the US.
Where is Josette most popular?
In 2021–2025, Josette was most common in Michigan (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Minnesota.