Josephina — #1822 US girls' name
3,372 babies named Josephina in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Josephina was born in this single decade.
117 babies were named Josephina in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josephina
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,372 babies named Josephina between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josephina currently holds the #1822 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 117 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josephina performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 900 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Josephina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 501 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Josephina in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josephina 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 3,372 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.
Josephina at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Josephina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (2023)
- 117
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #1822 among girls.
3,372 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 117 births in a single year.
Josephina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 900 births that decade — 27% of Josephina's all-time total
Josephina decade highlights
- Peak decade 900 births
- Runner-up 627 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Josephina's strongest decade
900 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Josephina by state
Where Josephina concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 501 | 14.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 317 | 9.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 144 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 70 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 62 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 60 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 59 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 55 | 1.6% |
501 of 3,372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.9% of nationwide
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Josephina appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.