Josefa
Girl · hoh-SEH-fa · Hebrew
Josefa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Josefa mean?
Hebrew: Spanish, Portuguese and German feminine of Joseph
“he will add”
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a heroine of the movement for Mexican independence in 1810.
- Say it
- hoh-SEH-fa
Is Josefa a girl's or a boy's name?
Josefa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josefa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Josefa, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Josefa in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1964, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josefa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,149 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,927 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,504 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,473 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,326 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,375 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1940 | 45 | #1,080 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,240 |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,031 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1935 | 45 | #1,031 |
| 1934 | 55 | #925 |
| 1933 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1932 | 58 | #923 |
| 1931 | 71 | #806 |
| 1930 | 63 | #916 |
| 1929 | 68 | #861 |
| 1928 | 74 | #840 |
| 1927 | 65 | #924 |
| 1926 | 71 | #879 |
| 1925 | 84 | #806 |
| 1924 | 79 | #845 |
| 1923 | 66 | #901 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 72 | #868 |
| 1920 | 66 | #894 |
| 1919 | 66 | #858 |
| 1918 | 63 | #900 |
| 1917 | 56 | #923 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,114 |
| 1915 | 57 | #865 |
| 1914 | 42 | #901 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 |
| 1912 | 46 | #735 |
| 1911 | 39 | #698 |
| 1910 | 35 | #710 |
| 1909 | 28 | #761 |
| 1908 | 25 | #768 |
| 1907 | 31 | #680 |
| 1906 | 30 | #661 |
| 1905 | 22 | #777 |
| 1904 | 21 | #773 |
| 1903 | 18 | #813 |
| 1902 | 17 | #849 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 19 | #860 |
| 1899 | 11 | #983 |
| 1898 | 20 | #750 |
| 1897 | 20 | #699 |
| 1896 | 21 | #688 |
| 1895 | 28 | #565 |
| 1894 | 17 | #719 |
| 1893 | 19 | #662 |
| 1892 | 19 | #666 |
| 1891 | 14 | #727 |
| 1890 | 23 | #548 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 11 | #693 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
Nicknames for Josefa
- Pepa
- Pepita
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