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Josette

Girl

Origin of the name

Josette is a French feminine form of Joseph, from the Hebrew Yosef, “God will add.”

Classic name

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1968 was its best year: 504 births, or 1 baby in 6,703. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 102 of the 146 years since 1880. Its rank in 2025: No. 1833.
6,659births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 416rank at its peak, in 1968

Where babies named Josette are born

1968

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The darker the blue, the more common Josette is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Josette is most common in New York (3.1 times), California (2) and Pennsylvania (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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