Josefita

Last seen for girls in 1947 at #4,764

Peak · girls
1893 · 10 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
244
since 1888

Josefita over time

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Rank among girls' names. Josefita has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #955, 1893girls
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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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1947#4,7646
1946#4,9605
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1943#4,1966
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1935#3,4317
1934#4,2865
1933#3,7536
1932#4,4115
1931#4,3315
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1928#4,7255
1927#3,8757
1926#3,5648
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1922#3,6558
1921#3,6668
1920#3,9577
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1918#4,2916
1917#2,87910
1916#4,4175
1915#3,1348
1914#2,4349
1913#2,03410
1912#2,9795
1911#2,4635
1910
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1908#1,4399
1907#2,0615
1906#1,22910
1905#1,9315
1904#1,4867
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1901#1,00711
1900#1,10612
1899
1898#1,5026
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1896#1,5835
1895#1,4266
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1893#95510
1892#1,4505
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1888#1,0367
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First appearance
1888

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
  • Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1893 (#1,450#955)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1893 at #955 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,291
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1900s
  • 24.2% of all girls named Josefita (59) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#1,036 (1888)#1,036
1890s32#955 (1893)#1,383
1900s59#1,007 (1901)#1,466
1910s58#2,034 (1913)#3,079
1920s43#3,564 (1926)#3,907
1930s28#3,431 (1935)#4,042
1940s17#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 1893

girls
#955
10 births · 1 in 21,291 girls

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #955Josefita10
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 21,291 of them was named Josefita, which outranked 42.2% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Josefita
  1. #901Tempie11
  2. #901Vella11
  3. #901Virdie11
  4. #955Josefita10
  5. #955Abby10
  6. #955Allena10
  7. #955Ana10
  8. #1,023Adline9
  9. #1,023Adrienne9
  10. #1,023Aggie9

Tied with 67 names at #955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 737Annabell#1,450#713
  2. 656Helma#1,450#794
  3. 634Claribel#1,278#644
  4. 624Jemima#1,450#826
  5. 616Buena#1,278#662
Fallers
  1. 641Ernest#796#1,437
  2. 576Orah#861#1,437
  3. 576Willia#861#1,437
  4. 551Jennette#726#1,277
  5. 515Velva#762#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1893