Josephina
#1,733 for girls in 2025, 117 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,494since 1912
Josephina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Josephina has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,733 | 117 |
| 2024 | #1,796 | 112 |
| 2023 | #1,736 | 118 |
| 2022 | #1,930 | 103 |
| 2021 | #1,980 | 98 |
| 2020 | #1,977 | 95 |
| 2019 | #2,011 | 95 |
| 2018 | #1,762 | 116 |
| 2017 | #1,943 | 103 |
| 2016 | #1,799 | 115 |
| 2015 | #2,138 | 89 |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 |
| 2013 | #2,344 | 78 |
| 2012 | #2,474 | 74 |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 63 |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 |
| 2002 | #2,331 | 69 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 |
| 1999 | #2,640 | 53 |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 |
| 1997 | #3,161 | 37 |
| 1996 | #3,505 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 |
| 1991 | #3,159 | 35 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Josephina! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 63 spots since 2024 (#1,796 → #1,733)
- 244 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #1,733)
- 405 spots since 2015 (#2,138 → #1,733)
Rise & fade · girls
113 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2025 at #1,733 (117 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,598
- Highest: 1 in 13,598 girls born in 2023 were named Josephina (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,737 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,733 in 2025, was only 1 in 13,737 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 25.8% of all girls named Josephina (901) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #2,331 (1913) | #2,944 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,917 (1923) | #3,737 |
| 1930s | 57 | #2,307 (1931) | #3,313 |
| 1940s | 87 | #2,279 (1947) | #3,476 |
| 1950s | 132 | #2,517 (1959) | #3,227 |
| 1960s | 163 | #2,833 (1965) | #3,192 |
| 1970s | 196 | #2,736 (1971) | #3,521 |
| 1980s | 218 | #2,830 (1982) | #3,911 |
| 1990s | 350 | #2,640 (1999) | #3,358 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,295 (2008) | #2,709 |
| 2010s | 901 | #1,762 (2018) | #2,168 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,733 (2025) | #1,859 |
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.
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