Recorded 1987–2018 Boys' name Peak 2002 72 births

Josephanthony — boys' name

72 babies named Josephanthony in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s121990s312000s182010s11
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Josephanthony was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

13 babies were named Josephanthony in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Josephanthony

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Josephanthony between 1987 and 2018, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josephanthony currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josephanthony performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Josephanthony shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Josephanthony in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josephanthony in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 72 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Josephanthony at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

72

Since 1987

32 years of records

Peak year

2002

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1987

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2018

Josephanthony popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1987

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
13
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
468101214 2018201320022000199819961995199119881987 6

Josephanthony by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
31 births that decade — 43% of Josephanthony's all-time total
1980s121990s312000s182010s11

Josephanthony by state

Where Josephanthony concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Josephanthony
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 6.9%
California share of Josephanthony's total US births 6.9%

5 of 72 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Josephanthony?
72 babies have been named Josephanthony since 1987. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 13 births.
When was Josephanthony most popular?
Josephanthony was most popular in the 1990s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Josephanthony most popular?
The top states for the name Josephanthony are California (5 births).
How long has the name Josephanthony been used?
Josephanthony has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 32 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Josephanthony?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joseph, Joshua, Jose, Josiah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.