Josephina
Feminine · “he will add”
Josephina is Joseph made feminine twice over, and the Hebrew behind it is a sentence — may God add, which is what Rachel said when she named her son.
How old is the name Josephina?
Josephina first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Josephina alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 3,200 people named Josephina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Josephina most popular?
Josephina peaked in 2025, reaching #1733 nationally. Today it ranks #1733, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yosef to Josephina
The story of Josephina
Joseph's story fills a quarter of Genesis. Feminine forms multiplied across Europe — Josephine, Giuseppina, Josefina, Josephina. Napoleon's Joséphine made the French form famous. Spanish- and Italian-speaking families brought Josefina and Josephina to America, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaning
he will add, may God increase
Through Joseph, from the Hebrew Yosef, from yasaf, 'to add' — Rachel names him saying may the Lord add another son to me. The -ina is an Italian and Spanish feminine diminutive. The Hebrew gloss is given in Genesis itself.
How the name formed
- Yosef
- Josephus
- Josephine
- Josephina
Related forms: Josefina · Giuseppina · Joséphine
Pronouncing Josephina
joh-suh-FEE-nuh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish Josefina says ho-seh-FEE-nah with an h at the front.
Nicknames for Josephina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 2023118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1733reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- −0.8%117 in 2025, from 118
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Josephina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Josefina in Spanish — spelling variant
- Giuseppina in Italian — related form
- Joséphine in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Ohio.
Josephinas among us
people named Josephina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 13,737 born in 2025 was named Josephina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Josephina
- #1733
- Josephina on the 2025 chart
- #740
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Josephina went to 117 girls in 2025, but Josefina is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 221, which makes it the 740th most-given girls’ name of the year — 993 places above the chart.
- Josephina117
- Josefina104
About 1 girl in 7,273 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 13,737 for Josephina itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jannet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Josephina's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jannet climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jannet's path sketches the road Josephina is walking now.
Josephina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Josephina is headed
Josephina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Josephina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Josephina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- Josie and Fina are two short forms, both with real currency.
- It is close to standard in Spanish and Italian.
- Josefina is the standard Spanish spelling and Josephine the English.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- The ph will need dictating.
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Frequently asked
- How many Josephinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,200 people named Josephina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Josephina?
- Josephina is the most-used spelling in US records — 117 of the 221 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Josefina.
- How popular is the name Josephina in 2025?
- Josephina ranks #1733 among US girl names in 2025, with 117 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Josephina?
- About 1 in every 13,737 US girls born in 2025 was named Josephina — 117 in all.
- Will my child share the name Josephina with classmates?
- Josephina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Josephina
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