Josefina
Josefina was given to 104 girls in 2025, #1,891 among girls’ names; 13,967 Americans have been recorded with it since 1887 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,330 Americans named Josefina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 27 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Josefina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Josefina mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Josefina is “a female given name, equivalent to English Josephine”
/xoseˈfina/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Josefina?
#1,891 among girls’ names, 2025
Josefina rose from #2,081 in 2015 to #1,891 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 52.7 to 64.7 per million.
210 babies in 1930, the peak
Josefina peaked in 1930, when 210 babies were given it (205 girls, #468 among girls’ names). The 104 births of 2025 are 50% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,891 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,060 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,263 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,968 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,163 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,404 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,362 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,543 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,293 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,256 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 94 | #2,081 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,454 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,854 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,273 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,465 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 92 | #2,143 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,297 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,303 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,977 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,926 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,723 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,930 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,692 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,811 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,910 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,691 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 117 | #1,476 | 0.07 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,408 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 114 | #1,450 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 126 | #1,344 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 129 | #1,294 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 121 | #1,369 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,328 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 124 | #1,344 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 136 | #1,241 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 125 | #1,298 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 110 | #1,375 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,169 | 0.07 |
| 1987 | 119 | #1,212 | 0.07 |
| 1986 | 118 | #1,195 | 0.07 |
| 1985 | 122 | #1,167 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 132 | #1,061 | 0.08 |
| 1983 | 140 | #1,011 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 153 | #968 | 0.09 |
| 1981 | 167 | #899 | 0.10 |
| 1980 | 175 | #876 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 147 | #977 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 123 | #1,075 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 143 | #968 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 129 | #990 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 155 | #865 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 134 | #932 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 142 | #887 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 129 | #946 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 138 | #936 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 134 | #950 | 0.08 |
| 1969 | 117 | #1,000 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 129 | #910 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 145 | #837 | 0.09 |
| 1966 | 118 | #933 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 125 | #902 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 130 | #918 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 140 | #890 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 136 | #906 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 110 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 119 | #979 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 122 | #952 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 109 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 125 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 123 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 130 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 154 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1953 | 142 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 159 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 153 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 186 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 147 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1948 | 156 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1947 | 133 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 130 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 134 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 105 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 114 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 82 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 89 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 96 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 94 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 96 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1937 | 102 | #675 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 96 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 125 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 114 | #623 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 127 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 132 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 151 | #540 | 0.14 |
| 1930 | 205 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1929 | 202 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 204 | #478 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 179 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 198 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1925 | 158 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1924 | 153 | #603 | 0.12 |
| 1923 | 167 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1922 | 143 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1921 | 125 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 130 | #630 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 102 | #697 | 0.09 |
| 1918 | 87 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 70 | #822 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 82 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 46 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 51 | #820 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 52 | #730 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 54 | #683 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 36 | #728 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 32 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 17 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 24 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 20 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 16 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 16 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 18 | #863 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,100 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 19 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 12 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 21 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 15 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,820 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,018 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,186 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1890 | 9 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 8 | #987 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Josefina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Josefina has been given almost only to girls: 35 boys in 136 years of records.
Girls and boys named Josefina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Josefina, and how old are they?
9,330 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 13,967 Americans ever recorded as Josefina. The median Josefina alive today is 45 years old; half are between 27 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 45,594 people named Josefina (45,490 women and girls, 104 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,557 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 588 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,030 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,030 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,580 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,070 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Josefina born?
The states with the most babies named Josefina are Texas, California and New York, with 88% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5,802 | #1,573 | 5.9× |
| California | 3,362 | #1,617 | 2.8× |
| New York | 511 | #2,238 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 458 | #1,179 | 0.7× |
| Arizona | 325 | #1,133 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 210 | #1,483 | 0.5× |
| New Mexico | 187 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Michigan | 31 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Washington | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Colorado | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Josefina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Josefina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Josefina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 18,168 babies since 1880, Josefina is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 it was given to 104 of their 236 babies (44%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Josefina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Josefina and names like it
- Compare Josefina and JosephinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sJosefina peaked in 1930.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Josefina since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Josefina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Josefina.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Josefina alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.