# Josephina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/josephina/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,494 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,494 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 57, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Latinate variant of Josephine. By surface analysis, Joseph + -ina.

## 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 | 73 | 2,494 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2,484 |
| 2013 | 78 | 2,355 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,223 |
| 2015 | 89 | 2,145 |
| 2016 | 115 | 1,806 |
| 2017 | 103 | 1,947 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,766 |
| 2019 | 95 | 2,024 |
| 2020 | 95 | 1,985 |
| 2021 | 98 | 1,986 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,938 |
| 2023 | 118 | 1,742 |
| 2024 | 112 | 1,799 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,743 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Josephina

- Archduchess Margaretha of Austria, Austro-Tuscan Imperial and Royal (1894-1986)

## 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.