Josefina is an established girls' name that peaked in 1930 and has grown less common since.
Josefina is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,891 for girl births in the United States (and #3,456 across all names), given to 104 babies. Josefina was first reported in SSA data in 1887 and peaked in 1930 (205 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | 104 | #1,891 | — |
| 2024 | 94 | 94 | #2,060 | — |
| 2023 | 82 | 82 | #2,263 | — |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | #1,968 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | #2,163 | — |
| 2020 | 73 | 73 | #2,404 | — |
| 2019 | 76 | 76 | #2,362 | — |
| 2018 | 69 | 69 | #2,543 | — |
| 2017 | 81 | 81 | #2,293 | — |
| 2016 | 85 | 85 | #2,256 | — |
| 2015 | 94 | 94 | #2,081 | — |
| 2014 | 74 | 74 | #2,454 | — |
| 2013 | 60 | 60 | #2,855 | — |
| 2012 | 83 | 83 | #2,273 | — |
| 2011 | 74 | 74 | #2,466 | — |
| 2010 | 92 | 92 | #2,143 | — |
| 2009 | 85 | 85 | #2,297 | — |
| 2008 | 85 | 85 | #2,303 | — |
| 2007 | 104 | 104 | #1,977 | — |
| 2006 | 105 | 105 | #1,926 | — |
| 2005 | 115 | 115 | #1,724 | — |
| 2004 | 97 | 97 | #1,931 | — |
| 2003 | 113 | 113 | #1,693 | — |
| 2002 | 99 | 99 | #1,813 | — |
| 2001 | 91 | 91 | #1,914 | — |
| 2000 | 104 | 104 | #1,695 | — |
| 1999 | 117 | 117 | #1,478 | — |
| 1998 | 122 | 122 | #1,410 | — |
| 1997 | 114 | — | #1,452 | — |
| 1996 | 126 | — | #1,346 | — |
| 1995 | 129 | — | #1,297 | — |
| 1994 | 121 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1993 | 126 | — | #1,330 | — |
| 1992 | 124 | — | #1,347 | — |
| 1991 | 142 | — | #1,245 | #7,729 |
| 1990 | 125 | — | #1,302 | — |
| 1989 | 110 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1988 | 138 | — | #1,170 | #6,106 |
| 1987 | 119 | — | #1,212 | — |
| 1986 | 118 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1985 | 122 | — | #1,167 | — |
| 1984 | 132 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1983 | 140 | — | #1,011 | — |
| 1982 | 153 | — | #968 | — |
| 1981 | 167 | — | #899 | — |
| 1980 | 175 | — | #876 | — |
| 1979 | 147 | — | #977 | — |
| 1978 | 123 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1977 | 143 | — | #968 | — |
| 1976 | 129 | — | #990 | — |
| 1975 | 155 | — | #865 | — |
| 1974 | 134 | — | #932 | — |
| 1973 | 142 | — | #887 | — |
| 1972 | 129 | — | #946 | — |
| 1971 | 138 | — | #936 | — |
| 1970 | 134 | — | #950 | — |
| 1969 | 117 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1968 | 129 | — | #910 | — |
| 1967 | 145 | — | #837 | — |
| 1966 | 118 | — | #933 | — |
| 1965 | 125 | — | #902 | — |
| 1964 | 130 | — | #918 | — |
| 1963 | 140 | — | #890 | — |
| 1962 | 136 | — | #906 | — |
| 1961 | 110 | — | #1,046 | — |
| 1960 | 119 | — | #980 | — |
| 1959 | 122 | — | #953 | — |
| 1958 | 109 | — | #996 | — |
| 1957 | 125 | — | #914 | — |
| 1956 | 123 | — | #905 | — |
| 1955 | 130 | — | #851 | — |
| 1954 | 154 | — | #745 | — |
| 1953 | 142 | — | #769 | — |
| 1952 | 159 | — | #707 | — |
| 1951 | 153 | — | #707 | — |
| 1950 | 186 | — | #616 | — |
| 1949 | 147 | — | #698 | — |
| 1948 | 156 | — | #669 | — |
| 1947 | 133 | — | #742 | — |
| 1946 | 130 | — | #708 | — |
| 1945 | 134 | — | #629 | — |
| 1944 | 105 | — | #744 | — |
| 1943 | 114 | — | #722 | — |
| 1942 | 82 | — | #849 | — |
| 1941 | 95 | — | #763 | #3,317 |
| 1940 | 96 | — | #712 | — |
| 1939 | 94 | — | #702 | — |
| 1938 | 96 | — | #702 | — |
| 1937 | 102 | — | #675 | — |
| 1936 | 96 | — | #682 | — |
| 1935 | 125 | — | #576 | — |
| 1934 | 114 | — | #623 | — |
| 1933 | 127 | — | #567 | — |
| 1932 | 132 | — | #570 | — |
| 1931 | 151 | — | #540 | — |
| 1930 | 210 | — | #468 | #4,281 |
| 1929 | 202 | — | #472 | — |
| 1928 | 209 | — | #478 | #4,446 |
| 1927 | 179 | — | #528 | — |
| 1926 | 198 | — | #495 | — |
| 1925 | 164 | — | #571 | #3,959 |
| 1924 | 153 | — | #603 | — |
| 1923 | 167 | — | #560 | — |
| 1922 | 143 | — | #607 | — |
| 1921 | 125 | — | #661 | — |
| 1920 | 130 | — | #630 | — |
| 1919 | 102 | — | #697 | — |
| 1918 | 87 | — | #768 | — |
| 1917 | 70 | — | #822 | — |
| 1916 | 82 | — | #756 | — |
| 1915 | 46 | — | #982 | — |
| 1914 | 51 | — | #820 | — |
| 1913 | 52 | — | #730 | — |
| 1912 | 54 | — | #683 | — |
| 1911 | 36 | — | #728 | — |
| 1910 | 32 | — | #762 | — |
| 1909 | 17 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1908 | 24 | — | #801 | — |
| 1907 | 20 | — | #857 | — |
| 1906 | 16 | — | #939 | — |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #948 | — |
| 1904 | 18 | — | #863 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | — | #1,100 | — |
| 1902 | 19 | — | #805 | — |
| 1901 | 12 | — | #981 | — |
| 1900 | 21 | — | #817 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | — | #859 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,821 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,186 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,530 | — |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,554 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #976 | — |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #987 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,086 | — |