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Is Josephine a Male or Female Name?

Josephine is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Josephine globally is 0.6% males and 99.4% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 3.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Josephine in percentages: Globally: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Philippines: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, United Kingdom: 0.5% males, 99.5% females, Nigeria: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, France: 1.5% males, 98.5% females, Germany: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, Malaysia: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Ghana: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Canada: 0.2% males, 99.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Josephine are 65+ years old, making up 30.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Josephine in each age group: 18-24: 7.0%, 25-34: 15.2%, 35-44: 12.8%, 45-54: 13.7%, 55-64: 20.5%, 65+: 30.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Josephine is Malta with 0.2864% of the population. Following is Kenya and Uganda.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Josephine measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Josephine year over year: 1956: 0.0138‰, 1957: 0.0133‰, 1958: 0.0134‰, 1959: 0.013‰, 1960: 0.0118‰, 1961: 0.0137‰, 1962: 0.0147‰, 1963: 0.0136‰, 1964: 0.0107‰, 1965: 0.012‰, 1966: 0.0107‰, 1967: 0.0104‰, 1968: 0.0114‰, 1969: 0.0094‰, 1970: 0.009‰, 1971: 0.0073‰, 1972: 0.0082‰, 1973: 0.0072‰, 1974: 0.0073‰, 1975: 0.0084‰, 1976: 0.0071‰, 1977: 0.0071‰, 1978: 0.0078‰, 1979: 0.0079‰, 1980: 0.0062‰, 1981: 0.0065‰, 1982: 0.0073‰, 1983: 0.0066‰, 1984: 0.0073‰, 1985: 0.0071‰, 1986: 0.0074‰, 1987: 0.007‰, 1988: 0.0081‰, 1989: 0.0083‰, 1990: 0.0081‰, 1991: 0.0074‰, 1992: 0.0074‰, 1993: 0.0065‰, 1994: 0.0097‰, 1995: 0.0133‰, 1996: 0.0143‰, 1997: 0.0156‰, 1998: 0.0081‰, 1999: 0.0046‰, 2000: 0.0043‰

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