Josephina
Josephina was given to 117 girls in 2025, #1,743 among girls’ names; 3,494 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,200 Americans named Josephina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 8 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Josephina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Josephina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Josephina is “a female given name from Hebrew.”
Latinate variant of Josephine. By surface analysis, Joseph + -ina.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Josephina?
#1,743 among girls’ names, 2025
Josephina rose from #2,145 in 2015 to #1,743 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 49.9 to 72.8 per million.
118 babies in 2023, the peak
Josephina peaked in 2023, when 118 girls were given it, #1,742 among girls’ names. The 117 births of 2025 are 99% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,743 | 72.8 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,799 | 69.1 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,742 | 73.5 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,938 | 62.8 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,986 | 59.7 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,985 | 58.8 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,024 | 56.6 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,766 | 68.2 |
| 2017 | 103 | #1,947 | 59.7 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,806 | 64.9 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 89 | #2,145 | 49.9 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,223 | 47.6 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,355 | 44.5 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,484 | 42.0 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,493 | 41.5 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,526 | 41.1 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,810 | 34.3 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,304 | 45.0 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,695 | 35.4 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,743 | 34.2 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,882 | 30.8 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,538 | 35.9 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,377 | 38.3 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,336 | 38.4 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,111 | 25.0 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,420 | 21.5 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,652 | 29.9 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,448 | 19.8 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,186 | 21.3 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,525 | 18.3 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,238 | 19.9 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,179 | 20.2 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,304 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,056 | 20.6 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,177 | 18.7 |
| 1990 | 25 | #4,052 | 13.2 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,417 | 11.4 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,438 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,555 | 10.4 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,936 | 12.2 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,117 | 16.9 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,060 | 11.3 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,737 | 12.6 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,862 | 18.9 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,663 | 13.2 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,904 | 12.0 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,190 | 16.2 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,318 | 15.0 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,532 | 13.7 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,034 | 10.9 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,555 | 13.0 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,614 | 12.3 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,852 | 11.0 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,393 | 8.5 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,757 | 15.6 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,490 | 10.3 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,140 | 11.3 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,098 | 11.0 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,396 | 9.1 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,639 | 7.7 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,871 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,431 | 7.9 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,243 | 8.3 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,974 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,524 | 6.9 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,142 | 7.9 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,546 | 10.4 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,293 | 7.0 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,567 | 5.9 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,298 | 4.5 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,663 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,951 | 7.7 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,009 | 7.4 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,455 | 5.9 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,742 | 8.3 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,541 | 5.8 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,919 | 7.6 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,053 | 7.1 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,312 | 10.7 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,326 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,884 | 3.8 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,037 | 7.5 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,642 | 5.7 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,964 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,689 | 4.4 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,603 | 6.4 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,634 | 4.5 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,978 | 5.7 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,581 | 6.9 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,427 | 7.5 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,361 | 12.2 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,770 | 9.8 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,253 | 8.1 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,596 | 6.9 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,548 | 5.0 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,233 | 4.2 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,509 | 7.4 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,254 | 8.0 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,015 | 9.1 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,518 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,768 | 4.9 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,654 | 5.0 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,726 | 10.6 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,341 | 5.5 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,143 | 8.6 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,439 | 12.8 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,794 | 10.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Josephina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Josephina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 107 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Josephina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Josephina, and how old are they?
3,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 3,494 Americans ever recorded as Josephina. The median Josephina alive today is 18 years old; half are between 8 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 4,030 people named Josephina (4,027 women and girls, 3 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,641 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.5 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 | 28 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 207 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 279 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 412 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 962 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,320 |
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 Josephina born?
The states with the most babies named Josephina are Pennsylvania, New York and Florida, with 48% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #787 | 0.5× |
| New York | 10 | #1,366 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 9 | #1,484 | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,206 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,450 | 0.1× |
| California | 5 | #3,303 | 1.2× |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,311 | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,268 | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #939 | 0.1× |
Where Josephina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Josephina is most over-represented in California: since 1912 it was given 1.2 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 Josephina 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 351,783 babies since 1880, Josephina is the third most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 117 of their 4,356 babies (2.7%), 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 Josephina
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 Josephina and names like it
- Compare Josephina and JosephineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sJosephina peaked in 2023.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Josephina since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Josephina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Josephina.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Josephina alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.