Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Josefa

#2,822 most common girls' name of all time · #4,840 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#2,822
Rank overall
#4,840 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
4,062
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1925 #812
Best rank
#557 1890
Girls Boys peak 84/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Josefa first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 — 12 #8,379
2024 18 — 18 #6,402
2023 9 — 9 #10,334
2022 13 — 13 #8,047
2021 8 — 8 #11,180
2020 6 — 6 #13,488
2019 5 — 5 #15,584
2018 16 — 16 #7,110
2017 9 — 9 #10,715
2016 10 — 10 #10,133
2015 6 — 6 #14,515
2014 6 — 6 #14,600
2013 6 — 6 #14,616
2012 11 — 11 #9,728
2011 13 — 13 #8,630
2010 9 — 9 #11,267
2009 6 — 6 #15,274
2008 16 — 16 #7,751
2007 12 — 12 #9,554
2006 6 — 6 #15,183
2005 9 — 9 #10,942
2004 9 — 9 #10,706
2003 9 — 9 #10,446
2002 14 — 14 #7,455
2001 12 — 12 #8,209
2000 10 — 10 #9,190
1999 20 — 20 #5,232
1998 13 — 13 #7,121
1997 10 — 10 #8,356
1996 16 — 16 #5,789
1995 18 — 18 #5,232
1994 17 — 17 #5,467
1993 17 — 17 #5,436
1992 11 — 11 #7,538
1991 16 — 16 #5,677
1990 19 — 19 #4,877
1989 24 — 24 #4,030
1988 16 — 16 #5,086
1987 13 — 13 #5,626
1986 12 — 12 #5,773
1985 26 — 26 #3,334
1984 18 — 18 #4,177
1983 26 — 26 #3,159
1982 21 — 21 #3,788
1981 23 — 23 #3,542
1980 18 — 18 #4,162
1979 34 — 34 #2,627
1978 13 — 13 #4,957
1977 25 — 25 #3,091
1976 21 — 21 #3,298
1975 17 — 17 #3,786
1974 20 — 20 #3,324
1973 22 — 22 #3,027
1972 27 — 27 #2,605
1971 30 — 30 #2,487
1970 30 — 30 #2,461
1969 31 — 31 #2,300
1968 25 — 25 #2,490
1967 23 — 23 #2,564
1966 29 — 29 #2,200
1965 23 — 23 #2,546
1964 38 — 38 #1,921
1963 27 — 27 #2,313
1962 24 — 24 #2,480
1961 29 — 29 #2,207
1960 29 — 29 #2,158
1959 26 — 26 #2,243
1958 30 — 30 #2,033
1957 32 — 32 #1,933
1956 32 — 32 #1,905
1955 29 — 29 #1,986
1954 45 — 45 #1,507
1953 38 — 38 #1,595
1952 33 — 33 #1,720
1951 39 — 39 #1,513
1950 39 — 39 #1,485
1949 37 — 37 #1,520
1948 48 — 48 #1,333
1947 37 — 37 #1,556
1946 40 — 40 #1,380
1945 26 — 26 #1,627
1944 31 — 31 #1,464
1943 34 — 34 #1,428
1942 34 — 34 #1,391
1941 40 — 40 #1,189
1940 45 — 45 #1,083
1939 35 — 35 #1,244
1938 48 — 48 #1,035
1937 41 — 41 #1,121
1936 38 — 38 #1,154
1935 45 — 45 #1,033
1934 55 — 55 #932
1933 44 — 44 #1,054
1932 58 — 58 #924
1931 71 — 71 #810
1930 63 — 63 #921
1929 68 — 68 #862
1928 74 — 74 #842
1927 65 — 65 #929
1926 71 — 71 #885
1925 84 — 84 #812
1924 79 — 79 #845
1923 66 — 66 #903
1922 81 — 81 #814
1921 72 — 72 #871
1920 66 — 66 #897
1919 66 — 66 #867
1918 63 — 63 #907
1917 56 — 56 #925
1916 40 — 40 #1,117
1915 57 — 57 #867
1914 42 — 42 #905
1913 38 — 38 #859
1912 46 — 46 #742
1911 39 — 39 #699
1910 35 — 35 #717
1909 28 — 28 #767
1908 25 — 25 #780
1907 31 — 31 #688
1906 30 — 30 #673
1905 22 — 22 #787
1904 21 — 21 #793
1903 18 — 18 #822
1902 17 — 17 #862
1901 19 — 19 #762
1900 19 — 19 #869
1899 11 — 11 #1,009
1898 20 — 20 #761
1897 20 — 20 #709
1896 21 — 21 #698
1895 28 — 28 #574
1894 17 — 17 #736
1893 19 — 19 #680
1892 19 — 19 #681
1891 14 — 14 #744
1890 23 — 23 #557
1889 20 — 20 #583
1888 8 — 8 #1,000
1887 11 — 11 #721
1886 8 — 8 #866
1885 11 — 11 #692
1884 9 — 9 #776
1883 6 — 6 #879
1882 10 — 10 #628
1881 5 — 5 #910