Josepha
#12,454 most common girls' name of all time · #20,627 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2016
Rank among girls
#12,454
Rank overall
#20,627 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
407
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1925 #2,674
Best rank
#1,052 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Josepha first appears in 1888. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,292 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,884 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,500 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,209 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,185 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,169 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,112 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,504 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,112 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,880 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,971 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,832 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,236 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,254 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,735 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,939 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,726 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,286 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,501 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,388 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,760 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,936 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,486 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,863 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,458 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,858 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,930 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,357 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,775 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,200 |
| 1932 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,332 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,125 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,823 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,898 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,613 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,674 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,505 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,176 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,423 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,708 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,950 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,878 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,068 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,137 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,544 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,502 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,492 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,614 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,214 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,258 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,006 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,752 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,503 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,230 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,694 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,052 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,263 |