Josefita
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #4,764
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 244since 1888
Josefita over time
Rank among girls' names. Josefita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
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| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
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| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
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| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
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| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
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| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
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| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
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| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
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| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Josefita! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Josefita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
- Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1893 (#1,450 → #955)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1893 at #955 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
- Highest: 1 in 21,291 girls born in 1893 were named Josefita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,461 girls born in 1947 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all girls named Josefita (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #1,036 (1888) | #1,036 |
| 1890s | 32 | #955 (1893) | #1,383 |
| 1900s | 59 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,466 |
| 1910s | 58 | #2,034 (1913) | #3,079 |
| 1920s | 43 | #3,564 (1926) | #3,907 |
| 1930s | 28 | #3,431 (1935) | #4,042 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,196 (1943) | #4,640 |
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.
Josefita in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 25,517 of them was named Josefita, which outranked 29.7% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #959Veva8
- #959Zena8
- #959Zennie8
- #1,036Josefita7
- #1,036Adelina7
- #1,036Adell7
- #1,036Alba7
- #1,136Adra6
- #1,136Aggie6
- #1,136Allice6
Tied with 99 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.