Josepha
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 407since 1888
Josepha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Josepha has never cracked the top 900 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Josepha! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Josepha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Josepha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest drop: 594 spots in 1895
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1894 at #998 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1895, 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 · 1894
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,292
- Highest: 1 in 22,292 girls born in 1894 were named Josepha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 18.9% of all girls named Josepha (77) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 30 | #998 (1894) | #1,289 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,659 |
| 1910s | 77 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,910 |
| 1920s | 77 | #2,617 (1925) | #3,581 |
| 1930s | 48 | #3,055 (1930) | #3,581 |
| 1940s | 32 | #3,801 (1943) | #4,225 |
| 1950s | 59 | #3,696 (1956) | #4,689 |
| 1960s | 24 | #4,773 (1960) | #6,121 |
| 1970s | 13 | #7,435 (1973) | #7,748 |
| 1980s | 18 | #9,095 (1980) | #9,116 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,832 (2008) | #14,632 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
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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