Posey
Feminine · “a small bunch of flowers”
Posey is given to both — 599 girls and 396 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Posey is the English word posy — a small bunch of flowers — and the word has an unexpected history: it began as poesy, a poem, because the flowers were given with verses attached.
How old is the name Posey?
Posey first appears in US birth records in 1922 — 103 years ago. The typical Posey is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Posey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Posey most popular?
Posey peaked in 2022, reaching #3033 nationally. Today it ranks #3389, 356 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From poesy to Posey
The story of Posey
A posy ring carried a line of verse engraved inside the band, and the word for the verse moved to the gift it accompanied. Flowers and poems changed places in the language. Posey is also a surname — there are Poseys throughout the American South — and its use as a given name draws on both, part of the same revival that has brought back Daisy, Pearl and Hattie.
Meaning
a small bunch of flowers
From English poesy, poetry, which by the sixteenth century meant a short verse inscribed inside a ring or sent with flowers, and then the flowers themselves. Posey is also an English and American surname of separate origin.
How the name formed
- poesy
- posy
- Posey
Related forms: Posy
Pronouncing Posey
POH-zee
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Posey
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1922
- Most girls named
- 202254 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3033reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −6.3%45 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Posey in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Posy in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Tennessee, Texas.
Poseys among us
people named Posey are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was named Posey
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Laiba test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Posey's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Laiba climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Laiba's path sketches the road Posey is walking now.
Posey sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Posey is headed
Posey should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Posey beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Posey in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely charming history behind the word.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It belongs to a whole generation of names being revived together.
- Posy is the British spelling and Posey the American; both are used.
- It reads as a nickname to some people, which may matter on a formal document.
- The flower sense is very soft, which some families will want and some will not.
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Feminine · #3389 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Poseys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Posey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Posey in 2025?
- Posey ranks #3389 among US girl names in 2025, with 45 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Posey?
- About 1 in every 35,717 US girls born in 2025 was named Posey — 45 in all.
- Will my child share the name Posey with classmates?
- Posey will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Posey
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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