Josetta — #15425 US girls' name
519 babies named Josetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1968. 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.
23% of everyone ever named Josetta was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Josetta in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 519 babies named Josetta between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josetta currently holds the #15425 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Josetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josetta 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 519 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.
Josetta at a glance
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Current rank
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Josetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (1968)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #15425 among girls.
519 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 27 births in a single year.
Josetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 117 births that decade — 23% of Josetta's all-time total
Josetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Josetta's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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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, 1919–2024 (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.