Josephyne — #15449 US girls' name
80 babies named Josephyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Josephyne was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Josephyne in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josephyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Josephyne between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josephyne currently holds the #15449 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josephyne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Josephyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Josephyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josephyne 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 80 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.
Josephyne at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josephyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #15449 among girls.
80 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 9 births in a single year.
Josephyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 38 births that decade — 48% of Josephyne's all-time total
Josephyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Josephyne's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Josephyne by state
Where Josephyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% 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, 1923–2024 (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.