Josefina Girl
How popular is Josefina?
#1,880 girl name in 2025
104 baby girls were named Josefina in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
Josefina popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,880 for girls (▲ 173 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 104 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,080 in 2015, #2,394 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1930 (205 girls) |
| Highest rank | #468 in 1930 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Josefina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Josephina family of names ranked #958 for girls in 2025 (#1,011 the year before), with 221 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Josephina | 117 | 53% |
| Josefina | 104 | 47% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Josefina is most popular
Babies named Josefina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 girls)
Josefina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #950 |
| 1890s | 66 | #835 |
| 1900s | 174 | #791 |
| 1910s | 612 | #678 |
| 1920s | 1,659 | #470 |
| 1930s | 1,242 | #468 |
| 1940s | 1,186 | #628 |
| 1950s | 1,403 | #615 |
| 1960s | 1,269 | #833 |
| 1970s | 1,374 | #863 |
| 1980s | 1,367 | #875 |
| 1990s | 1,240 | #1,240 |
| 2000s | 998 | #1,686 |
| 2010s | 788 | #2,080 |
| 2020s | 540 | #1,880 |
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Questions
- Is Josefina a boy or girl name?
- Josefina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Josefina were girls.
- How popular is the name Josefina?
- 104 baby girls were named Josefina in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
- When was Josefina most popular?
- Josefina peaked in 1930, when 205 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #468 in 1930.
- How many people are named Josefina?
- 13,967 babies have been named Josefina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,588 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Josefina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Josefina was most common in Illinois, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.