Josefina
Josefina was the 1891st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 468th with 205 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 190 places. More babies were named Josefina in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,891 girls, up 513 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 104girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1930205 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,967babies recorded
Josefina popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 35 since 1925.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,891 | 104 |
| 2020 | #2,404 | 73 |
| 2010 | #2,143 | 92 |
| 2000 | #1,695 | 104 |
| 1990 | #1,302 | 125 |
| 1980 | #876 | 175 |
| 1970 | #950 | 134 |
| 1960 | #980 | 119 |
| 1950 | #616 | 186 |
| 1940 | #712 | 96 |
| 1930 | #468 | 205 |
| 1920 | #630 | 130 |
| 1910 | #762 | 32 |
| 1900 | #817 | 21 |
| 1890 | #976 | 9 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Josefina, counting every spelling?
Josefina is a spelling of Josephina, a name family that ranked #1,043 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,891 for Josefina on its own. Together these spellings went to 221 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephina | 117 | #1,743 | 548 |
| Josefina | 104 | #1,891 | 467 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Josefina?
104 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Josefina (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Josefina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 81 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Josefina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Josefina?
About 9,300 people born in the US named Josefina are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 27 and 64. That makes Josefina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Josefina by state
How common Josefina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Illinois (2.0×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Josefina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Josefina, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Josefina
How popular is the name Josefina?
Josefina was the 1891st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 104 babies. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 468th with 205 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 190 places. More babies were named Josefina in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Josefina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Josefina in the US.
Where is Josefina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Josefina was most common in Illinois (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.