# Josepha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josepha/  
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 | 407 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 407 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 11 | 3,791 |
| 1957 | 9 | 4,373 |
| 1958 | 9 | 4,330 |
| 1960 | 8 | 4,945 |
| 1963 | 6 | 6,173 |
| 1967 | 5 | 7,238 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,494 |
| 1973 | 6 | 7,827 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,414 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,587 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,610 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,644 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16,667 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,532 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,451 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |

## People named Josepha

- Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer and editor (1788–1889)
- Constanze Mozart, Austrian singer
- Archduchess Sophie Friederike of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal (1855–1857)
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, British princess (1872–1956)
- Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, daughter of emperor Joseph II (1762-1770)
- Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, German aristocrat (1914-2011)
- Archduchess Maria Immakulata of Austria, Austrian archduchess (1878-1968)

## 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.