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Josefa
OriginFeminine variation of Joseph, Hebrew
Meaning"Jehovah increases"
GenderGirl
US Rank#930
Top 1000
NB Rank#23047
On Nameberry
About Josefa
Variation of Josepha
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
Famous Josefas
- Josefa de los Dolores Peña y Lillo Barbosa
Dominican nun and writer
- Josefa Petra Francisca de Paula de Tudó y Catalán
mistress of Spanish PM Manuel de Godoy; model for Goya
- Josefa Johnson
sister of U.S. president Lyndon Johnson
- Josefa de Óbidos
Portuguese Baroque painter
- (María) Josefa Crescencia Ortiz de Domínguez
Mexican revolutionary
- Josefa Madamba Llanes Escoda
Filipina war heroine, feminist and activist
- Josefa "Pepa" Bayeu
wife of artist Francisco Goya
- Josefa de Godoy di Bassano y Crowe
de Tudó y O'Donovan, 2nd Viscountess of Rocafuerte, Spanish,Italian aristocrat
- Josefa Ordóñez
Mexican actress
- Francisca Josefa Maria Xaviera
Infanta of Portugal; daughter of Peter II
- María Josefa Carmela de Borbón
Infanta of Spain; daughter of Charles III
- María Josefa Alonso
Pimentel y Téllez,Girón, Duchess of Osuna, Spanish aristocrat and art patron
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