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English roots
[xoˈse.fa] · Spanish
01 / Meaning & origin
Josefa is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and 6 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to English Joseph.
Separate records with matching spellings: Joséfa (Spanish, French)
3 source accounts
Borrowed from English Joseph.
Féminin de José.
Dérivé de Josef, avec le suffixe -a.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2025: 12 girls (rank 8362).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Josefa
Recorded category girls
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | 5 | 830 | observed |
| 1882 | 10 | 596 | observed |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | observed |
| 1884 | 9 | 731 | observed |
| 1885 | 11 | 658 | observed |
| 1886 | 8 | 828 | observed |
| 1887 | 11 | 693 | observed |
| 1888 | 8 | 959 | observed |
| 1889 | 20 | 567 | observed |
| 1890 | 23 | 548 | observed |
| 1891 | 14 | 727 | observed |
| 1892 | 19 | 666 | observed |
| 1893 | 19 | 662 | observed |
| 1894 | 17 | 719 | observed |
| 1895 | 28 | 565 | observed |
| 1896 | 21 | 688 | observed |
| 1897 | 20 | 699 | observed |
| 1898 | 20 | 750 | observed |
| 1899 | 11 | 983 | observed |
| 1900 | 19 | 860 | observed |
| 1901 | 19 | 747 | observed |
| 1902 | 17 | 849 | observed |
| 1903 | 18 | 813 | observed |
| 1904 | 21 | 773 | observed |
| 1905 | 22 | 777 | observed |
| 1906 | 30 | 661 | observed |
| 1907 | 31 | 680 | observed |
| 1908 | 25 | 768 | observed |
| 1909 | 28 | 761 | observed |
| 1910 | 35 | 710 | observed |
| 1911 | 39 | 698 | observed |
| 1912 | 46 | 735 | observed |
| 1913 | 38 | 852 | observed |
| 1914 | 42 | 901 | observed |
| 1915 | 57 | 865 | observed |
| 1916 | 40 | 1,114 | observed |
| 1917 | 56 | 923 | observed |
| 1918 | 63 | 900 | observed |
| 1919 | 66 | 858 | observed |
| 1920 | 66 | 894 | observed |
| 1921 | 72 | 868 | observed |
| 1922 | 81 | 808 | observed |
| 1923 | 66 | 901 | observed |
| 1924 | 79 | 845 | observed |
| 1925 | 84 | 806 | observed |
| 1926 | 71 | 879 | observed |
| 1927 | 65 | 924 | observed |
| 1928 | 74 | 840 | observed |
| 1929 | 68 | 861 | observed |
| 1930 | 63 | 916 | observed |
| 1931 | 71 | 806 | observed |
| 1932 | 58 | 923 | observed |
| 1933 | 44 | 1,050 | observed |
| 1934 | 55 | 925 | observed |
| 1935 | 45 | 1,031 | observed |
| 1936 | 38 | 1,150 | observed |
| 1937 | 41 | 1,116 | observed |
| 1938 | 48 | 1,031 | observed |
| 1939 | 35 | 1,240 | observed |
| 1940 | 45 | 1,080 | observed |
| 1941 | 40 | 1,184 | observed |
| 1942 | 34 | 1,387 | observed |
| 1943 | 34 | 1,423 | observed |
| 1944 | 31 | 1,455 | observed |
| 1945 | 26 | 1,621 | observed |
| 1946 | 40 | 1,376 | observed |
| 1947 | 37 | 1,545 | observed |
| 1948 | 48 | 1,327 | observed |
| 1949 | 37 | 1,512 | observed |
| 1950 | 39 | 1,474 | observed |
| 1951 | 39 | 1,505 | observed |
| 1952 | 33 | 1,713 | observed |
| 1953 | 38 | 1,586 | observed |
| 1954 | 45 | 1,505 | observed |
| 1955 | 29 | 1,978 | observed |
| 1956 | 32 | 1,897 | observed |
| 1957 | 32 | 1,928 | observed |
| 1958 | 30 | 2,025 | observed |
| 1959 | 26 | 2,234 | observed |
| 1960 | 29 | 2,150 | observed |
| 1961 | 29 | 2,197 | observed |
| 1962 | 24 | 2,463 | observed |
| 1963 | 27 | 2,306 | observed |
| 1964 | 38 | 1,918 | observed |
| 1965 | 23 | 2,538 | observed |
| 1966 | 29 | 2,191 | observed |
| 1967 | 23 | 2,558 | observed |
| 1968 | 25 | 2,482 | observed |
| 1969 | 31 | 2,296 | observed |
| 1970 | 30 | 2,450 | observed |
| 1971 | 30 | 2,477 | observed |
| 1972 | 27 | 2,598 | observed |
| 1973 | 22 | 3,015 | observed |
| 1974 | 20 | 3,313 | observed |
| 1975 | 17 | 3,774 | observed |
| 1976 | 21 | 3,287 | observed |
| 1977 | 25 | 3,083 | observed |
| 1978 | 13 | 4,931 | observed |
| 1979 | 34 | 2,621 | observed |
| 1980 | 18 | 4,148 | observed |
| 1981 | 23 | 3,532 | observed |
| 1982 | 21 | 3,780 | observed |
| 1983 | 26 | 3,151 | observed |
| 1984 | 18 | 4,166 | observed |
| 1985 | 26 | 3,328 | observed |
| 1986 | 12 | 5,757 | observed |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,613 | observed |
| 1988 | 16 | 5,065 | observed |
| 1989 | 24 | 4,020 | observed |
| 1990 | 19 | 4,868 | observed |
| 1991 | 16 | 5,659 | observed |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,512 | observed |
| 1993 | 17 | 5,419 | observed |
| 1994 | 17 | 5,445 | observed |
| 1995 | 18 | 5,221 | observed |
| 1996 | 16 | 5,771 | observed |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,334 | observed |
| 1998 | 13 | 7,104 | observed |
| 1999 | 20 | 5,219 | observed |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,163 | observed |
| 2001 | 12 | 8,196 | observed |
| 2002 | 14 | 7,444 | observed |
| 2003 | 9 | 10,425 | observed |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,690 | observed |
| 2005 | 9 | 10,921 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,152 | observed |
| 2007 | 12 | 9,539 | observed |
| 2008 | 16 | 7,742 | observed |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,242 | observed |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,246 | observed |
| 2011 | 13 | 8,614 | observed |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,711 | observed |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,582 | observed |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,558 | observed |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,482 | observed |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,113 | observed |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,689 | observed |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,100 | observed |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,539 | observed |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,453 | observed |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,146 | observed |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,032 | observed |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,312 | observed |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,394 | observed |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,362 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Josefa” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Josefa— “addition”
Spain delighted in Josef or Jose, and the more devout in Jose Maria, with Pepe or Pepito for the contraction; Pepita for the Josefa, who, of course, arose at the same time, these becoming the most common of all Peninsular names.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter II (Patriarchal Names), Section VI (Joseph) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People on Wikidata whose recorded given name is this item (not necessarily their first name), ordered by number of Wikipedia articles. Their names may use a different spelling.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
