# Josefina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josefina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,967 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35 / 13,932 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 2,466 |
| 2012 | 83 | 2,273 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,855 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2,454 |
| 2015 | 94 | 2,081 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,256 |
| 2017 | 81 | 2,293 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,543 |
| 2019 | 76 | 2,362 |
| 2020 | 73 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,163 |
| 2022 | 100 | 1,968 |
| 2023 | 82 | 2,263 |
| 2024 | 94 | 2,060 |
| 2025 | 104 | 1,891 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 6 | 3,959 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,446 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,281 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,317 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,106 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,729 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Josefina

- Josefina Álvares de Azevedo, Brazilian journalist
- Josefina de Vasconcellos, English sculptor (1904-2005)
- Josefina Pitra Diakité, diplomat
- Josefina Villalobos Paramo, 58th First Lady of Ecuador
- Josefina Vidal, Cuban diplomat
- Fina García Marruz, Cuban writer (1923–2022)
- Adélia Fonseca, Brazilian poet, pianist and painter (1827-1920)
- Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía, founder of a religious order and designated blessed by the Catholic church (1823-1896)
- Pepita Serrador, Argentinian actor
- Loisa Andalio, Filipino actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.