Josefa

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births

Peak · girls
#548
1890 · 23 births
Debut · girls
1881
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,062
since 1881

Josefa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Josefa has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #548, 1890girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#8,36212
2024#6,39418
2023#10,3129
2022#8,03213
2021#11,1468
2020#13,4536
2019#15,5395
2018#7,10016
2017#10,6899
2016#10,11310
2015#14,4826
2014#14,5586
2013#14,5826
2012#9,71111
2011#8,61413
2010#11,2469
2009#15,2426
2008#7,74216
2007#9,53912
2006#15,1526
2005#10,9219
2004#10,6909
2003#10,4259
2002#7,44414
2001#8,19612
2000#9,16310
1999#5,21920
1998#7,10413
1997#8,33410
1996#5,77116
1995#5,22118
1994#5,44517
1993#5,41917
1992#7,51211
1991#5,65916
1990#4,86819
1989#4,02024
1988#5,06516
1987#5,61313
1986#5,75712
1985#3,32826
1984#4,16618
1983#3,15126
1982#3,78021
1981#3,53223
1980#4,14818
1979#2,62134
1978#4,93113
1977#3,08325
1976#3,28721
1975#3,77417
1974#3,31320
1973#3,01522
1972#2,59827
1971#2,47730
1970#2,45030
1969#2,29631
1968#2,48225
1967#2,55823
1966#2,19129
1965#2,53823
1964#1,91838
1963#2,30627
1962#2,46324
1961#2,19729
1960#2,15029
1959#2,23426
1958#2,02530
1957#1,92832
1956#1,89732
1955#1,97829
1954#1,50545
1953#1,58638
1952#1,71333
1951#1,50539
1950#1,47439
1949#1,51237
1948#1,32748
1947#1,54537
1946#1,37640
1945#1,62126
1944#1,45531
1943#1,42334
1942#1,38734
1941#1,18440
1940#1,08045
1939#1,24035
1938#1,03148
1937#1,11641
1936#1,15038
1935#1,03145
1934#92555
1933#1,05044
1932#92358
1931#80671
1930#91663
1929#86168
1928#84074
1927#92465
1926#87971
1925#80684
1924#84579
1923#90166
1922#80881
1921#86872
1920#89466
1919#85866
1918#90063
1917#92356
1916#1,11440
1915#86557
1914#90142
1913#85238
1912#73546
1911#69839
1910#71035
1909#76128
1908#76825
1907#68031
1906#66130
1905#77722
1904#77321
1903#81318
1902#84917
1901#74719
1900#86019
1899#98311
1898#75020
1897#69920
1896#68821
1895#56528
1894#71917
1893#66219
1892#66619
1891#72714
1890#54823
1889#56720
1888#9598
1887#69311
1886#8288
1885#65811
1884#7319
1883#8176
1882#59610
1881#8305
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Josefa! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Josefa
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,968 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #8,362)
  • 5,091 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #8,362)
  • 6,120 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1889 (#959 → #567)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1888 (#693 → #959)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1890 at #548 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1881–1915
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,277
  • Highest: 1 in 8,277 girls born in 1890 were named Josefa (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Josefa (726) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s88#567 (1889)#742
1890s192#548 (1890)#701
1900s230#661 (1906)#769
1910s482#698 (1911)#856
1920s726#806 (1925)#863
1930s498#806 (1931)#1,019
1940s372#1,080 (1940)#1,391
1950s343#1,474 (1950)#1,785
1960s278#1,918 (1964)#2,310
1970s239#2,450 (1970)#3,155
1980s197#3,151 (1983)#4,256
1990s157#4,868 (1990)#6,055
2000s103#7,444 (2002)#10,451
2010s91#7,100 (2018)#11,663
2020s66#6,394 (2024)#9,617

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Josefa in 1909

girls
#761
28 births · 1 in 12,401 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #761Josefa28
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 12,401 of them was named Josefa, which outranked 70.1% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Josefa
  1. #747Rosanna29
  2. #747Trudie29
  3. #747Vernice29
  4. #761Josefa28
  5. #761Annabel28
  6. #761Ardella28
  7. #761Berneice28
  8. #773Amalia27
  9. #773Andrea27
  10. #773Beaulah27

Tied with 11 names at #761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →