Josepha

Girl · recorded 1888–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Josepha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Josepha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188834
189445
189521
189835
189926
190422
191018
191114
191214
191311
191412
19157
191611
19176
19189
19194
19209
19216
19227
19238
19245
192511
19267
19274
19286
19308
19327
19358
19366
19375
19385
19395
19404
19435
19464
19485
19494
19503
19513
19534
19544
19553
19565
19574
19584
19604
19633
19673
19683
19734
19794
19804
19814
19844
20023
20084
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Josepha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#16,215
How rare
1 in 354,404 girls
Since 1888
407

Josepha was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 45 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Josepha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.