Recorded 1929–2022 Girls' name Peak 1978 38 births

Josina — girls' name

38 babies named Josina in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1970s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Josina was born in this single decade.

1978
Single peak year

6 babies were named Josina in 1978 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Josina

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Josina between 1929 and 2022, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Josina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josina 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 38 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.

Josina at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

38

Since 1929

94 years of records

Peak year

1978

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1929

Recorded for 94 years

Last year on file: 2022

Josina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1929

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1978)
6
Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
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Josina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
11 births that decade — 29% of Josina's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Josina?
38 babies have been named Josina since 1929. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1978 with 6 births.
When was Josina most popular?
Josina was most popular in the 1970s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1978.
How long has the name Josina been used?
Josina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1929, spanning 94 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Josina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Josephine, Josie, Joselyn, Josefina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1929–2022 (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.