How Many People Are Named Josefa?
people named Josefa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 201,881 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,062 babies named Josefa in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
84 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish, Portuguese and Czech feminine form of JOSEPH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Josefa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Josefa alive today is about 53 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Josefa first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1925, to 84 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Josefa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #554, in 1890. In 2025 it ranked #8,588.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,588 |
| Best rank | #554 (1890) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #873 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Josefa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Josefa were born in Texas than in any other state: about 704 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Josefa was given 15.1 times as often in Texas, 4.7 times in New Mexico and 1.4 times in California.
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