Boys' name · since 2002
Josephjames
Josephjames has 16 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 16
- total births
- 2002–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
16 boys have been named Josephjames since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Josephjames recorded 16 times among boys since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2009.
- 16 total births
- 2002–2009 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josephjames's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josephjames's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josephjames's full recorded timeline at 2005, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josephjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Josephjames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Josephjames's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Josephjames births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2002–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josephjames: Baby Name Since 2002 - 16 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josephjames. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Josephjames 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 July 2026.