Josefina

#1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #7,271
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1930 · 205 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,932
since 1887

Josefina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Josefina has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #468, 1930girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,880104—
2024#2,05394—
2023#2,25882—
2022#1,961100—
2021#2,15487—
2020#2,39473—
2019#2,35576—
2018#2,53269—
2017#2,28381—
2016#2,24785—
2015#2,08094—
2014#2,44274—
2013#2,83760—
2012#2,26583—
2011#2,45474—
2010#2,13692—
2009#2,28685—
2008#2,29585—
2007#1,971104—
2006#1,918105—
2005#1,719115—
2004#1,92597—
2003#1,687113—
2002#1,80599—
2001#1,90191—
2000#1,689104—
1999#1,476117—
1998#1,405122—
1997#1,449114—
1996#1,343126—
1995#1,294129—
1994#1,368121—
1993#1,325126—
1992#1,345124—
1991#1,244136#7,2716
1990#1,300125—
1989#1,373110—
1988#1,164131#5,7517
1987#1,209119—
1986#1,194118—
1985#1,163122—
1984#1,059132—
1983#1,010140—
1982#966153—
1981#895167—
1980#875175—
1979#974147—
1978#1,072123—
1977#965143—
1976#988129—
1975#863155—
1974#929134—
1973#882142—
1972#946129—
1971#935138—
1970#949134—
1969#1,000117—
1968#909129—
1967#833145—
1966#929118—
1965#902125—
1964#917130—
1963#887140—
1962#904136—
1961#1,044110—
1960#980119—
1959#950122—
1958#994109—
1957#910125—
1956#903123—
1955#850130—
1954#745154—
1953#768142—
1952#707159—
1951#706153—
1950#616186—
1949#698147—
1948#669156—
1947#741133—
1946#707130—
1945#628134—
1944#741105—
1943#721114—
1942#84482—
1941#75689#3,1336
1940#71296—
1939#70194—
1938#70196—
1937#673102—
1936#67996—
1935#575125—
1934#621114—
1933#567127—
1932#569132—
1931#538151—
1930#468205#4,0015
1929#470202—
1928#478204#4,1515
1927#527179—
1926#494198—
1925#570158#3,7416
1924#601153—
1923#559167—
1922#603143—
1921#657125—
1920#628130—
1919#695102—
1918#76687—
1917#82070—
1916#75082—
1915#97946—
1914#81751—
1913#72152—
1912#67854—
1911#72236—
1910#75332—
1909#99017—
1908#79124—
1907#84020—
1906#91716—
1905#92616—
1904#85318—
1903#1,07611—
1902#79719—
1901#96112—
1900#80321—
1899#83515—
1898#1,7005—
1897——
1896#1,2138—
1895#98611—
1894#1,1368—
1893#1,4375—
1892#1,4505—
1891——
1890#9409—
1889#9508—
1888——
1887#1,0366—
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Josefina! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Josefina is popular in 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Josefina
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 173 spots since 2024 (#2,053 → #1,880)
  • 514 spots since 2020 (#2,394 → #1,880)
  • 200 spots since 2015 (#2,080 → #1,880)
  • Biggest jump: 865 spots in 1899 (#1,700 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1903 (#797 → #1,076)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1930 at #468 (205 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1904–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,492
  • Highest: 1 in 5,492 girls born in 1930 were named Josefina (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,454 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 11.9% of all girls named Josefina (1,659) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s14#950 (1889)#993
1890s66#835 (1899)#1,212
1900s174#791 (1908)#895
1910s612#678 (1912)#770
1920s1,659#470 (1929)#559
1930s1,242#468 (1930)#609
1940s1,186#628 (1945)#722
1950s1,403#616 (1950)#815
1960s1,269#833 (1967)#931
1970s1,374#863 (1975)#950
1980s1,367#875 (1980)#1,091
1990s1,240#1,244 (1991)#1,355
2000s998#1,687 (2003)#1,920
2010s788#2,080 (2015)#2,363
2020s540#1,880 (2025)#2,117

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.

Josefina in 1904

girls
#853
18 births · 1 in 15,298 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #853Josefina18
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 15,298 of them was named Josefina, which outranked 60.6% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Josefina
  1. #837Syble19
  2. #837Velda19
  3. #837Zadie19
  4. #853Josefina18
  5. #853Alida18
  6. #853Ara18
  7. #853Cathleen18
  8. #880Aggie17
  9. #880Almira17
  10. #880Berdie17

Tied with 26 names at #853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

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

See the top 100 for 1904 →