How rare is the name Josefa?

10,221 people in the United States have the first name Josefa, about 1 in 29,550. It ranks #2,430 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSEFA

#2,430

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,221
About
1 in 29,550
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,221 people named Josefa, 90% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.5% as White. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Josefa peaked in 1925, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18812025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
84
In 2025*
12 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,062 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Josefa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,100. The largest share of babies named Josefa, 31.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,33688
1890s#1,100192
1900s#1,212230
1910s#1,604482
1920s#1,594726
1930s#1,837498
1940s#2,416372
1950s#2,945343
1960s#3,652278
1970s#4,763239
1980s#6,436197
1990s#9,531157
2000s#16,005103
2010s#17,78791
2020s#15,22366
Before 19017.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2731.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.9%
Baby boom 1946–6416.1%
Generation X 1965–809.6%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–124.4%
2013 and later3.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Josefa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Josefa has been most common in Texas (11×), New Mexico (4×), and California (0.72×), and least common in California (0.72×).

2,442 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Josefa

#2,428 Campbell · 10,224#2,429 Tamia · 10,222#2,431 Royal · 10,220#2,432 Donny · 10,205

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Josefa, most common first.

#2,516 Josef · 9,669#19,105 Jozefa · 559#43,502 Joseff · 162

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