How popular is “Josefina” in the USA?

Number of people named “Josefina” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Josefina” 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 “Josefina” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Josefina” by birth year

This chart shows how “Josefina” 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	Males	Bias toward female
1887	6	0.000024253	6		100%
1889	8	0.000027687	8		100%
1890	9	0.000029861	9		100%
1892	5	0.000014953	5		100%
1893	5	0.000015374	5		100%
1894	8	0.00002362	8		100%
1895	11	0.000031337	11		100%
1896	8	0.000022379	8		100%
1898	5	0.000013108	5		100%
1899	15	0.000044217	15		100%
1900	21	0.00004664	21		100%
1901	12	0.000034701	12		100%
1902	19	0.00004913	19		100%
1903	11	0.000028856	11		100%
1904	18	0.000044611	18		100%
1905	16	0.000037743	16		100%
1906	16	0.000037344	16		100%
1907	20	0.000042975	20		100%
1908	24	0.000049115	24		100%
1909	17	0.000033254	17		100%
1910	32	0.000054172	32		100%
1911	36	0.000055877	36		100%
1912	54	0.000054652	54		100%
1913	52	0.00004573	52		100%
1914	51	0.000036008	51		100%
1915	46	0.000025103	46		100%
1916	82	0.00004239	82		100%
1917	70	0.000034882	70		100%
1918	87	0.000040072	87		100%
1919	102	0.000048336	102		100%
1920	130	0.000057455	130		100%
1921	125	0.000053545	125		100%
1922	143	0.000062468	143		100%
1923	167	0.00007253	167		100%
1924	153	0.000064242	153		100%
1925	164	0.000070287	158	6	93%
1926	198	0.00008624	198		100%
1927	179	0.000077177	179		100%
1928	209	0.00009244	204	5	95%
1929	202	0.000092147	202		100%
1930	210	0.000094455	205	5	95%
1931	151	0.000071755	151		100%
1932	132	0.000062521	132		100%
1933	127	0.000063518	127		100%
1934	114	0.000054892	114		100%
1935	125	0.000059811	125		100%
1936	96	0.000046208	96		100%
1937	102	0.000047872	102		100%
1938	96	0.000043388	96		100%
1939	94	0.000042661	94		100%
1940	96	0.00004169	96		100%
1941	95	0.000038992	89	6	87%
1942	82	0.000030017	82		100%
1943	114	0.000040389	114		100%
1944	105	0.000039032	105		100%
1945	134	0.000050511	134		100%
1946	130	0.000040685	130		100%
1947	133	0.000036921	133		100%
1948	156	0.000045184	156		100%
1949	147	0.000042183	147		100%
1950	186	0.000053092	186		100%
1951	153	0.000041534	153		100%
1952	159	0.000041864	159		100%
1953	142	0.000036848	142		100%
1954	154	0.000038687	154		100%
1955	129	0.000032129	129		100%
1956	123	0.000029832	123		100%
1957	125	0.000029747	125		100%
1958	109	0.000026367	109		100%
1959	122	0.000029341	122		100%
1960	119	0.000028648	119		100%
1961	110	0.000026555	110		100%
1962	136	0.000033702	136		100%
1963	140	0.00003537	140		100%
1964	130	0.00003344	130		100%
1965	125	0.000034478	125		100%
1966	118	0.00003395	118		100%
1967	145	0.000042711	145		100%
1968	129	0.000038184	129		100%
1969	117	0.000033666	117		100%
1970	134	0.000037155	134		100%
1971	138	0.000040206	138		100%
1972	129	0.000041044	129		100%
1973	142	0.000047068	142		100%
1974	133	0.00004375	133		100%
1975	156	0.000051666	156		100%
1976	129	0.000042514	129		100%
1977	143	0.000045018	143		100%
1978	123	0.000038754	123		100%
1979	147	0.000044184	147		100%
1980	175	0.000050806	175		100%
1981	167	0.000048275	167		100%
1982	153	0.000043615	153		100%
1983	140	0.000040423	140		100%
1984	132	0.000037836	132		100%
1985	122	0.000034182	122		100%
1986	118	0.000033173	118		100%
1987	119	0.000033004	119		100%
1988	138	0.000037347	131	7	90%
1989	110	0.000028613	110		100%
1990	125	0.000031626	125		100%
1991	142	0.000036455	136	6	92%
1992	124	0.000032281	124		100%
1993	126	0.000033419	126		100%
1994	121	0.000032547	121		100%
1995	129	0.000035225	129		100%
1996	126	0.000034547	126		100%
1997	114	0.000031442	114		100%
1998	122	0.000033168	122		100%
1999	117	0.000031674	117		100%
2000	104	0.000027514	104		100%
2001	91	0.00002431	91		100%
2002	99	0.000026483	99		100%
2003	113	0.000029719	113		100%
2004	97	0.000025387	97		100%
2005	115	0.00002991	115		100%
2006	105	0.000026541	105		100%
2007	104	0.000026015	104		100%
2008	85	0.000021625	85		100%
2009	85	0.00002225	85		100%
2010	92	0.000024894	92		100%
2011	74	0.000020231	74		100%
2012	83	0.000022694	83		100%
2013	60	0.000016458	60		100%
2014	74	0.000019966	74		100%
2015	94	0.000025399	94		100%
2016	85	0.000023169	85		100%
2017	81	0.00002265	81		100%
2018	69	0.000019625	69		100%
2019	75	0.000021608	75		100%
2020	73	0.000021853	73		100%
2021	87	0.000025679	87		100%
2022	100	0.000029558	100		100%
2023	81	0.000024462	81		100%
2024	93	0.000027941	93		100%

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