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Josefina

Gender
Girl
Say it
hoh-seh-FEE-na
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,880 for girls

Josefina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will add”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).

What does Josefina mean?

Hebrew: Spanish form of Josephine

“he will add”

The Spanish form of Josephine, itself a feminine diminutive of Joseph.

Is Josefina a girl's or a boy's name?

Josefina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Josefina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,101among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 35,000 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, 8 girls in the UK were named Josefina, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.

2025 had the most girls named Josefina of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.

Half of all the girls named Josefina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Josefina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 8 in 20252025
Josefina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20240–
20230–
20220–
20214#4,864
20200–
20194#4,904
20183#5,896
20174#4,967
20164#4,980
20154#4,951
20145#4,187
20130–
20120–
20110–
20105#4,220
20093#5,801
20080–
20073#5,415
20065#3,724
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20003#4,074

How popular is Josefina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,880among girls
Babies in 2025
104about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Josefina, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,394th. Its busiest year was 1930, with 205 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.

2025 had more girls named Josefina than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Josefina in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 221 girls in the US were given Josefina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #994, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.

1887Busiest: 205 in 19302025
Josefina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025104#1,880
202494#2,053
202382#2,258
2022100#1,961
202187#2,154
202073#2,394
201976#2,355
201869#2,532
201781#2,283
201685#2,247
201594#2,080
201474#2,442
201360#2,836
201283#2,265
201174#2,453
201092#2,136
200985#2,286
200885#2,295
2007104#1,971
2006105#1,918
2005115#1,718
200497#1,924
2003113#1,686
200299#1,803
200191#1,897
2000104#1,686
1999117#1,474
1998122#1,403
1997114#1,447
1996126#1,341
1995129#1,291
1994121#1,365
1993126#1,323
1992124#1,342
1991136#1,240
1990125#1,296
1989110#1,370
1988131#1,163
1987119#1,209
1986118#1,194
1985122#1,163
1984132#1,059
1983140#1,010
1982153#966
1981167#895
1980175#875
1979147#974
1978123#1,072
1977143#965
1976129#988
1975155#863
1974134#929
1973142#882
1972129#946
1971138#935
1970134#949
1969117#1,000
1968129#909
1967145#833
1966118#929
1965125#902
1964130#917
1963140#887
1962136#904
1961110#1,044
1960119#979
1959122#949
1958109#993
1957125#909
1956123#902
1955130#849
1954154#744
1953142#767
1952159#706
1951153#705
1950186#615
1949147#697
1948156#668
1947133#740
1946130#707
1945134#628
1944105#741
1943114#721
194282#844
194189#756
194096#712
193994#701
193896#701
1937102#673
193696#679
1935125#575
1934114#621
1933127#567
1932132#569
1931151#538
1930205#468
1929202#470
1928204#478
1927179#527
1926198#494
1925158#570
1924153#601
1923167#559
1922143#603
1921125#657
1920130#628
1919102#695
191887#766
191770#820
191682#750
191546#979
191451#817
191352#721
191254#678
191136#722
191032#753
190917#990
190824#791
190720#840
190616#917
190516#926
190418#853
190311#1,076
190219#797
190112#961
190021#803
189915#835
18985#1,699
18970–
18968#1,213
189511#986
18948#1,136
18935#1,437
18925#1,450
18910–
18909#940
18898#950
18880–
18876#1,036

Nicknames for Josefina

Names like Josefina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Maria Sara Isabella Jessica Ava Eva Lola Rosa Aurora Eliza Joanna Elisa

Other spellings of Josefina

Josephina

Names related to Josefina

Josephine Josefine

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Josefina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josefina, updated 20 October 2026.