Girls' name · since 1993
Josaphine
Josaphine has 201 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,767 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,413 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 201
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Josaphine currently ranks #10413 among girls' names in America, with 201 babies recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josaphine has been recorded 201 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #10413 nationally and more common than 40% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #19,767 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,413 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 201 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josaphine ranks #19,767 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,413 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 201 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,767 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,413 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 201
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Josaphine's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Josaphine compares
201 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Josaphine's all-time total is 47% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josaphine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 201 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Josaphine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josaphine's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josaphine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Josaphine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (81 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Josaphine's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Josaphine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 81 births (40% of all-time use).
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What to do with Josaphine's data
- Josaphine's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Josaphine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Josaphine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.