How Many People Are Named Josette?

5,978

people named Josette are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 57,173 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,659 babies named Josette in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,333

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,859

See the top 100

Peak Year

1968

504 births

Trend

โ†’

Stable (last 10 years)

๐Ÿ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French
Pronunciation: ZHAW-ZET
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of JOSร‰PHINE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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โšง Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Josette in the records were girls.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Age Distribution

The average person named Josette alive today is about 42 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 57 in 2025.

Under 30 1,758
29.4%
30 to 59 3,187
53.3%
60 and over 1,033
17.3%

๐Ÿ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Josette first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1968, to 504 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025

๐Ÿ† Rank History

Josette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #417, in 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,836.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,836
Best rank#417 (1968)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#920 in the 1970s

๐Ÿ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Josette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Josette were born in California than in any other state: about 714 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josette was given 2.9 times as often in New York, 2 times in California and 1.6 times in Louisiana.

California 714
New York 698
Texas 340
Pennsylvania 239
Ohio 181
Illinois 170
Michigan 118
New Jersey 115
Florida 112
Louisiana 90
Georgia 42
Virginia 40
Colorado 40
Indiana 38
New Mexico 32
Arizona 27
North Carolina 27
Minnesota 21
Alabama 17
Washington 15
South Carolina 13
Hawaii 12
Missouri 10
Oregon 9
Mississippi 7
District of Columbia 5
Wisconsin 5
Massachusetts 3

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