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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Josefina has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1887
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.
Where Josefina is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Illinois#1,113 · 1 in 6,333
- Florida#1,436 · 1 in 9,640
- Texas#1,532 · 1 in 10,703
- California#1,575 · 1 in 11,552
Best ever in a state: #43 in Arizona, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
| California | #1,575 | 14 | 1 in 11,552 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
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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 Josefina
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 514 spots since 2020 (#2,394 → #1,880)
- Biggest jump: 865 spots in 1899
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1903
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1930 at #468 (205 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1904–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,492
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 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.
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