Josefa — #6372 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Josefa

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,050 babies named Josefa between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josefa currently holds the #6372 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josefa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 726 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Josefa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,150 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Mexico. In total, SSA state-level files list Josefa in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josefa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,050 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.