Josephina Girl
How popular is Josephina?
#1,733 girl name in 2025
117 baby girls were named Josephina in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
Josephina popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,733 for girls (▲ 63 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 117 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,138 in 2015, #1,977 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (118 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,733 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| 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 |
Josephina 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 Josephina is most popular
Babies named Josephina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
Josephina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #2,330 |
| 1920s | 79 | #2,916 |
| 1930s | 57 | #2,306 |
| 1940s | 87 | #2,278 |
| 1950s | 132 | #2,516 |
| 1960s | 163 | #2,832 |
| 1970s | 196 | #2,736 |
| 1980s | 218 | #2,830 |
| 1990s | 350 | #2,637 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,295 |
| 2010s | 901 | #1,762 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,733 |
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Questions
- Is Josephina a boy or girl name?
- Josephina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Josephina were girls.
- How popular is the name Josephina?
- 117 baby girls were named Josephina in the US in 2025, making it the 1733rd most popular girl name.
- When was Josephina most popular?
- Josephina peaked in 2023, when 118 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,733 in 2025.
- How many people are named Josephina?
- 3,494 babies have been named Josephina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,228 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Josephina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Josephina was most common in Ohio, at 0.2 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.