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
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 205 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,932since 1887
Josefina over time
Rank among girls' names. Josefina has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,880 | 104 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,053 | 94 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,258 | 82 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,961 | 100 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,154 | 87 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,355 | 76 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,532 | 69 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,283 | 81 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,247 | 85 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,080 | 94 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,442 | 74 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,837 | 60 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,265 | 83 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,136 | 92 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,286 | 85 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,971 | 104 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,918 | 105 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,719 | 115 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,687 | 113 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,805 | 99 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,689 | 104 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,476 | 117 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,405 | 122 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,449 | 114 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,343 | 126 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,294 | 129 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,368 | 121 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,325 | 126 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,345 | 124 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,244 | 136 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,164 | 131 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,209 | 119 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,194 | 118 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,163 | 122 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,059 | 132 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,010 | 140 | — | |
| 1982 | #966 | 153 | — | |
| 1981 | #895 | 167 | — | |
| 1980 | #875 | 175 | — | |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,072 | 123 | — | |
| 1977 | #965 | 143 | — | |
| 1976 | #988 | 129 | — | |
| 1975 | #863 | 155 | — | |
| 1974 | #929 | 134 | — | |
| 1973 | #882 | 142 | — | |
| 1972 | #946 | 129 | — | |
| 1971 | #935 | 138 | — | |
| 1970 | #949 | 134 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,000 | 117 | — | |
| 1968 | #909 | 129 | — | |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 | — | |
| 1966 | #929 | 118 | — | |
| 1965 | #902 | 125 | — | |
| 1964 | #917 | 130 | — | |
| 1963 | #887 | 140 | — | |
| 1962 | #904 | 136 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,044 | 110 | — | |
| 1960 | #980 | 119 | — | |
| 1959 | #950 | 122 | — | |
| 1958 | #994 | 109 | — | |
| 1957 | #910 | 125 | — | |
| 1956 | #903 | 123 | — | |
| 1955 | #850 | 130 | — | |
| 1954 | #745 | 154 | — | |
| 1953 | #768 | 142 | — | |
| 1952 | #707 | 159 | — | |
| 1951 | #706 | 153 | — | |
| 1950 | #616 | 186 | — | |
| 1949 | #698 | 147 | — | |
| 1948 | #669 | 156 | — | |
| 1947 | #741 | 133 | — | |
| 1946 | #707 | 130 | — | |
| 1945 | #628 | 134 | — | |
| 1944 | #741 | 105 | — | |
| 1943 | #721 | 114 | — | |
| 1942 | #844 | 82 | — | |
| 1941 | #756 | 89 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #712 | 96 | — | |
| 1939 | #701 | 94 | — | |
| 1938 | #701 | 96 | — | |
| 1937 | #673 | 102 | — | |
| 1936 | #679 | 96 | — | |
| 1935 | #575 | 125 | — | |
| 1934 | #621 | 114 | — | |
| 1933 | #567 | 127 | — | |
| 1932 | #569 | 132 | — | |
| 1931 | #538 | 151 | — | |
| 1930 | #468 | 205 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #470 | 202 | — | |
| 1928 | #478 | 204 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #527 | 179 | — | |
| 1926 | #494 | 198 | — | |
| 1925 | #570 | 158 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #601 | 153 | — | |
| 1923 | #559 | 167 | — | |
| 1922 | #603 | 143 | — | |
| 1921 | #657 | 125 | — | |
| 1920 | #628 | 130 | — | |
| 1919 | #695 | 102 | — | |
| 1918 | #766 | 87 | — | |
| 1917 | #820 | 70 | — | |
| 1916 | #750 | 82 | — | |
| 1915 | #979 | 46 | — | |
| 1914 | #817 | 51 | — | |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 | — | |
| 1912 | #678 | 54 | — | |
| 1911 | #722 | 36 | — | |
| 1910 | #753 | 32 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 | — | |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 | — | |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 | — | |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 | — | |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Josefina
- 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)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1930 at #468 (205 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1904–1960
- 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%)
- 11.9% of all girls named Josefina (1,659) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #950 (1889) | #993 |
| 1890s | 66 | #835 (1899) | #1,212 |
| 1900s | 174 | #791 (1908) | #895 |
| 1910s | 612 | #678 (1912) | #770 |
| 1920s | 1,659 | #470 (1929) | #559 |
| 1930s | 1,242 | #468 (1930) | #609 |
| 1940s | 1,186 | #628 (1945) | #722 |
| 1950s | 1,403 | #616 (1950) | #815 |
| 1960s | 1,269 | #833 (1967) | #931 |
| 1970s | 1,374 | #863 (1975) | #950 |
| 1980s | 1,367 | #875 (1980) | #1,091 |
| 1990s | 1,240 | #1,244 (1991) | #1,355 |
| 2000s | 998 | #1,687 (2003) | #1,920 |
| 2010s | 788 | #2,080 (2015) | #2,363 |
| 2020s | 540 | #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 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 7,705 of them was named Josefina, which outranked 90.1% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 185,987 of them was named Josefina, which outranked 23.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,408Yancy7
- #3,408Yoshinobu7
- #3,408Zach7
- #3,741Josefina6
- #3,741Abell6
- #3,741Adley6
- #3,741Agostino6
- #4,197Abbie5
- #4,197Achilles5
- #4,197Acil5
Tied with 455 names at #3,741; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.