The first name Josefa
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Josefa at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 12 girls born in the United States were named Josefa, the 8,590th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1925, when 84 were.
4,062
babies named Josefa since 1880
#8,590
rank in 2025
1925
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Josefa
13 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Josefa IdemGerman-born Italian canoeist and politician, born 1964
- Josefa Llanes EscodaFilipino heroine and suffragist (1898–1945)
- Josefa FabíolaBrazilian volleyball player, born 1983
- Josefa Texidor i TorresCatalan artist; painter of flowers (1865–1914)
- Gabriela SilangFilipina insurgent leader, 1731–1763
- Antoinette MeyerAlpine skier (1920-2010)
- Imee MarcosFilipina politician and former actress (born 1955)
- Archduchess Maria Carolina of AustriaAustrian princess, 1740–1741
- Hendrina Stenmanns1852–1903
- Maria-Pia LiechtensteinAmbassador of Liechtenstein in Austria and the Czech Republic, born 1960
- Josepha Barbara AuernhammerAustrian composer, 1758–1820
- Gabriela Tafur NaderColombian lawyer, model, and beauty queen, born 1995
Questions
- Is Josefa a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 4,062 US babies named Josefa since 1880 were girls.
- When was Josefa most popular?
- 1925 in the United States, when 84 babies were named Josefa, its highest rank at 811th.