NameTides

Josefina

Josefina was the #1,880 girls' name in the US in 2025 (104 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Josefina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Josefina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Josefina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,880 (104)#3,035 (8)#3,044 (6)
2024#2,053 (94)——
2023#2,258 (82)——
2022#1,961 (100)——
2021#2,154 (87)#5,581 (3)—
2020#2,394 (73)—#2,343 (8)
2019#2,355 (76)#4,686 (4)—
2018#2,532 (69)#5,666 (3)—
2017#2,283 (81)#4,763 (4)#3,307 (5)
2016#2,247 (85)#4,763 (4)#2,595 (7)
2015#2,080 (94)#5,730 (3)—
2014#2,442 (74)#4,003 (5)—
2013#2,837 (60)——
2012#2,265 (83)——
2011#2,454 (74)—#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1930 at #468.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Josefina is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Josefina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Josefina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JosefinaCanadaGirls#3,0446
JosefinaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
JosefinaUSGirls#1,880104
JosefinaUSBoys—too few