Josefa
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,062since 1881
Josefa over time
Rank among girls' names. Josefa has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,918 | 38 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,713 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,080 | 45 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,031 | 45 |
| 1934 | #925 | 55 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 |
| 1931 | #806 | 71 |
| 1930 | #916 | 63 |
| 1929 | #861 | 68 |
| 1928 | #840 | 74 |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 |
| 1926 | #879 | 71 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 |
| 1924 | #845 | 79 |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 |
| 1920 | #894 | 66 |
| 1919 | #858 | 66 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #1,114 | 40 |
| 1915 | #865 | 57 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 |
| 1912 | #735 | 46 |
| 1911 | #698 | 39 |
| 1910 | #710 | 35 |
| 1909 | #761 | 28 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 |
| 1896 | #688 | 21 |
| 1895 | #565 | 28 |
| 1894 | #719 | 17 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Josefa! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Josefa is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#236 · 1 in 1,178
- California#494 · 1 in 5,080
Best ever in a state: #56 in New Mexico, 1912.
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| Texas | #236 | 50 | 1 in 1,178 |
| California | #494 | 6 | 1 in 5,080 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Josefa
- 1,968 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #8,362)
- 5,091 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #8,362)
- 6,120 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 392 spots in 1889 (#959 → #567)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1888 (#693 → #959)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1890 at #548 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1881–1915
- Highest: 1 in 8,277 girls born in 1890 were named Josefa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.9% of all girls named Josefa (726) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 88 | #567 (1889) | #742 |
| 1890s | 192 | #548 (1890) | #701 |
| 1900s | 230 | #661 (1906) | #769 |
| 1910s | 482 | #698 (1911) | #856 |
| 1920s | 726 | #806 (1925) | #863 |
| 1930s | 498 | #806 (1931) | #1,019 |
| 1940s | 372 | #1,080 (1940) | #1,391 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,474 (1950) | #1,785 |
| 1960s | 278 | #1,918 (1964) | #2,310 |
| 1970s | 239 | #2,450 (1970) | #3,155 |
| 1980s | 197 | #3,151 (1983) | #4,256 |
| 1990s | 157 | #4,868 (1990) | #6,055 |
| 2000s | 103 | #7,444 (2002) | #10,451 |
| 2010s | 91 | #7,100 (2018) | #11,663 |
| 2020s | 66 | #6,394 (2024) | #9,617 |
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.
Josefa in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 17,126 of them was named Josefa, which outranked 85.2% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).