How Many People Are Named Josepha?
An estimated 132 people in the United States have the first name Josepha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 61 years old, and Josepha peaked in popularity in 1925 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Josepha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Josepha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
132
About 1 in 2,596,624 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
61
years old
Peak Year
1925
13 births
Total Registered
407
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Josepha
Josepha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 407 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Josepha as a female name
Ranked #17,446 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 1925 (13 births)
Josepha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Josepha span from the 1880s to the 2010s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 77 babies were registered. Josepha has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Josepha by Decade
How has Josepha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Josepha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Josepha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Josepha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Josepha?
We estimate approximately 132 people named Josepha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,596,624 Americans share this first name.
Is Josepha a common name?
Josepha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 407 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Josepha most popular?
Josepha reached peak popularity in 1925, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Josepha is approximately 61 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Josepha a female name?
Josepha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Josepha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Josepha Smith, Josepha Johnson, Josepha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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