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.

Josefina

#1,320 most common girls' name of all time · #2,303 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1887–2025

Rank among girls
#1,320
Rank overall
#2,303 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
13,967
Since 2016
851
Peak year
1930 #469
Best rank
#469 1930
Girls Boys peak 210/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Josefina first appears in 1887. 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 104 — 104 #1,882
2024 94 — 94 #2,055
2023 82 — 82 #2,260
2022 100 — 100 #1,965
2021 87 — 87 #2,157
2020 73 — 73 #2,396
2019 76 — 76 #2,360
2018 69 — 69 #2,534
2017 81 — 81 #2,285
2016 85 — 85 #2,249
2015 94 — 94 #2,080
2014 74 — 74 #2,444
2013 60 — 60 #2,838
2012 83 — 83 #2,267
2011 74 — 74 #2,457
2010 92 — 92 #2,136
2009 85 — 85 #2,288
2008 85 — 85 #2,300
2007 104 — 104 #1,974
2006 105 — 105 #1,919
2005 115 — 115 #1,722
2004 97 — 97 #1,927
2003 113 — 113 #1,689
2002 99 — 99 #1,805
2001 91 — 91 #1,905
2000 104 — 104 #1,690
1999 117 — 117 #1,478
1998 122 — 122 #1,406
1997 114 — 114 #1,449
1996 126 — 126 #1,344
1995 129 — 129 #1,295
1994 121 — 121 #1,368
1993 126 — 126 #1,328
1992 124 — 124 #1,345
1991 136 6 142 #1,246
1990 125 — 125 #1,303
1989 110 — 110 #1,375
1988 131 7 138 #1,166
1987 119 — 119 #1,209
1986 118 — 118 #1,195
1985 122 — 122 #1,164
1984 132 — 132 #1,061
1983 140 — 140 #1,010
1982 153 — 153 #967
1981 167 — 167 #895
1980 175 — 175 #875
1979 147 — 147 #975
1978 123 — 123 #1,074
1977 143 — 143 #967
1976 129 — 129 #988
1975 155 — 155 #865
1974 134 — 134 #929
1973 142 — 142 #887
1972 129 — 129 #946
1971 138 — 138 #935
1970 134 — 134 #950
1969 117 — 117 #1,000
1968 129 — 129 #909
1967 145 — 145 #834
1966 118 — 118 #931
1965 125 — 125 #902
1964 130 — 130 #917
1963 140 — 140 #888
1962 136 — 136 #907
1961 110 — 110 #1,046
1960 119 — 119 #984
1959 122 — 122 #952
1958 109 — 109 #998
1957 125 — 125 #912
1956 123 — 123 #904
1955 130 — 130 #851
1954 154 — 154 #746
1953 142 — 142 #768
1952 159 — 159 #707
1951 153 — 153 #708
1950 186 — 186 #617
1949 147 — 147 #699
1948 156 — 156 #671
1947 133 — 133 #743
1946 130 — 130 #708
1945 134 — 134 #629
1944 105 — 105 #743
1943 114 — 114 #723
1942 82 — 82 #848
1941 89 6 95 #763
1940 96 — 96 #712
1939 94 — 94 #702
1938 96 — 96 #703
1937 102 — 102 #676
1936 96 — 96 #680
1935 125 — 125 #576
1934 114 — 114 #624
1933 127 — 127 #567
1932 132 — 132 #571
1931 151 — 151 #541
1930 205 5 210 #469
1929 202 — 202 #472
1928 204 5 209 #479
1927 179 — 179 #528
1926 198 — 198 #494
1925 158 6 164 #571
1924 153 — 153 #601
1923 167 — 167 #561
1922 143 — 143 #606
1921 125 — 125 #660
1920 130 — 130 #631
1919 102 — 102 #698
1918 87 — 87 #768
1917 70 — 70 #823
1916 82 — 82 #756
1915 46 — 46 #987
1914 51 — 51 #825
1913 52 — 52 #734
1912 54 — 54 #686
1911 36 — 36 #731
1910 32 — 32 #766
1909 17 — 17 #1,005
1908 24 — 24 #805
1907 20 — 20 #862
1906 16 — 16 #953
1905 16 — 16 #954
1904 18 — 18 #876
1903 11 — 11 #1,117
1902 19 — 19 #816
1901 12 — 12 #994
1900 21 — 21 #832
1899 15 — 15 #870
1898 5 — 5 #1,807
1896 8 — 8 #1,270
1895 11 — 11 #1,040
1894 8 — 8 #1,211
1893 5 — 5 #1,534
1892 5 — 5 #1,557
1890 9 — 9 #1,001
1889 8 — 8 #1,022
1887 6 — 6 #1,139