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.
43% of everyone ever named Josephanthony was born in this single decade.
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 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josephanthony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1987
- Peak year (2002)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
72 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 13 births in a single year.
Josephanthony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 43% of Josephanthony's all-time total
Josephanthony decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Josephanthony's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Josephanthony by state
Where Josephanthony concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.9% |
5 of 72 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.