How popular is “Josefa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Josefa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Josefa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Josefa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Josefa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Josefa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Josefa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Josefa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Bias toward female
1881	5	0.000025949	5	100%
1882	10	0.00004514	10	100%
1883	6	0.000027657	6	100%
1884	9	0.000036967	9	100%
1885	11	0.000045671	11	100%
1886	8	0.000031334	8	100%
1887	11	0.000044464	11	100%
1888	8	0.000026714	8	100%
1889	20	0.000069217	20	100%
1890	23	0.00007631	23	100%
1891	14	0.000048836	14	100%
1892	19	0.000056823	19	100%
1893	19	0.000058421	19	100%
1894	17	0.000050193	17	100%
1895	28	0.000079768	28	100%
1896	21	0.000058744	21	100%
1897	20	0.000057644	20	100%
1898	20	0.000052431	20	100%
1899	11	0.000032426	11	100%
1900	19	0.000042198	19	100%
1901	19	0.000054943	19	100%
1902	17	0.000043958	17	100%
1903	18	0.000047219	18	100%
1904	21	0.000052047	21	100%
1905	22	0.000051896	22	100%
1906	30	0.00007002	30	100%
1907	31	0.000066611	31	100%
1908	25	0.000051161	25	100%
1909	28	0.000054771	28	100%
1910	35	0.000059251	35	100%
1911	39	0.000060533	39	100%
1912	46	0.000046556	46	100%
1913	38	0.000033418	38	100%
1914	42	0.000029654	42	100%
1915	57	0.000031106	57	100%
1916	40	0.000020678	40	100%
1917	56	0.000027906	56	100%
1918	63	0.000029017	63	100%
1919	66	0.000031276	66	100%
1920	66	0.000029169	66	100%
1921	72	0.000030842	72	100%
1922	81	0.000035384	81	100%
1923	66	0.000028665	66	100%
1924	79	0.000033171	79	100%
1925	84	0.000036	84	100%
1926	71	0.000030925	71	100%
1927	65	0.000028025	65	100%
1928	74	0.00003273	74	100%
1929	68	0.00003102	68	100%
1930	63	0.000028336	63	100%
1931	71	0.000033739	71	100%
1932	58	0.000027471	58	100%
1933	44	0.000022006	44	100%
1934	55	0.000026483	55	100%
1935	45	0.000021532	45	100%
1936	38	0.000018291	38	100%
1937	41	0.000019243	41	100%
1938	48	0.000021694	48	100%
1939	35	0.000015884	35	100%
1940	45	0.000019542	45	100%
1941	40	0.000016417	40	100%
1942	34	0.000012446	34	100%
1943	34	0.000012046	34	100%
1944	31	0.000011524	31	100%
1945	26	0.000009801	26	100%
1946	40	0.000012518	40	100%
1947	37	0.000010271	37	100%
1948	48	0.000013903	48	100%
1949	37	0.000010618	37	100%
1950	39	0.000011132	39	100%
1951	39	0.000010587	39	100%
1952	33	0.000008689	33	100%
1953	38	0.000009861	38	100%
1954	45	0.000011305	45	100%
1955	29	0.000007223	29	100%
1956	32	0.000007761	32	100%
1957	32	0.000007615	32	100%
1958	30	0.000007257	30	100%
1959	26	0.000006253	26	100%
1960	29	0.000006982	29	100%
1961	29	0.000007001	29	100%
1962	24	0.000005947	24	100%
1963	27	0.000006821	27	100%
1964	38	0.000009775	38	100%
1965	23	0.000006344	23	100%
1966	29	0.000008344	29	100%
1967	23	0.000006775	23	100%
1968	25	0.0000074	25	100%
1969	31	0.00000892	31	100%
1970	30	0.000008318	30	100%
1971	30	0.00000874	30	100%
1972	27	0.000008591	27	100%
1973	22	0.000007292	22	100%
1974	20	0.000006579	20	100%
1975	17	0.00000563	17	100%
1976	21	0.000006921	21	100%
1977	25	0.00000787	25	100%
1978	13	0.000004096	13	100%
1979	34	0.000010219	34	100%
1980	18	0.000005226	18	100%
1981	23	0.000006649	23	100%
1982	21	0.000005986	21	100%
1983	26	0.000007507	26	100%
1984	18	0.000005159	18	100%
1985	26	0.000007285	26	100%
1986	12	0.000003374	12	100%
1987	13	0.000003605	13	100%
1988	16	0.00000433	16	100%
1989	24	0.000006243	24	100%
1990	19	0.000004807	19	100%
1991	16	0.000004108	16	100%
1992	11	0.000002864	11	100%
1993	17	0.000004509	17	100%
1994	17	0.000004573	17	100%
1995	18	0.000004915	18	100%
1996	16	0.000004387	16	100%
1997	10	0.000002758	10	100%
1998	13	0.000003534	13	100%
1999	20	0.000005414	20	100%
2000	10	0.000002646	10	100%
2001	12	0.000003206	12	100%
2002	14	0.000003745	14	100%
2003	9	0.000002367	9	100%
2004	9	0.000002355	9	100%
2005	9	0.000002341	9	100%
2006	6	0.000001517	6	100%
2007	12	0.000003002	12	100%
2008	16	0.000004071	16	100%
2009	6	0.000001571	6	100%
2010	9	0.000002435	9	100%
2011	13	0.000003554	13	100%
2012	11	0.000003008	11	100%
2013	6	0.000001646	6	100%
2014	6	0.000001619	6	100%
2015	6	0.000001621	6	100%
2016	10	0.000002726	10	100%
2017	9	0.000002517	9	100%
2018	16	0.000004551	16	100%
2019	5	0.000001441	5	100%
2020	6	0.000001796	6	100%
2021	8	0.000002361	8	100%
2022	13	0.000003843	13	100%
2023	9	0.000002718	9	100%
2024	18	0.000005408	18	100%

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