Girl
Josephine
Rooted in Hebrew, Josephine is a girl's name that means "He shall add". It has faded some since the 1920s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is familiar to most people. In total, about 284,945 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
HebrewHe shall add
HebrewFeminine of Joseph
Births by decade
1900s
18,861
1910s
61,514
1920s
69,439
1930s
36,317
1940s
24,420
1950s
16,456
1960s
9,353
1970s
5,156
1980s
4,742
1990s
7,055
2000s
13,913
2010s
17,719
Peaked in the 1920s · 284,945 total U.S. births since 1900