Feminine dossier · first seen 1881

Josefa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Josefa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1925

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1881Peak 19252024

Peak year

1925

Decline from peak

78.6%

2024

All-time

4,050

Josefa has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1925, when 84 girls were named Josefa.

In 2024, only 18 girls were given the name.

Down 78.6% from its peak.

All told, about 4,050 Americans have been named Josefa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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