Recorded 1990–2013 Girls' name Peak 2009 138 births

Josalin — girls' name

138 babies named Josalin in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s182000s842010s36
2000s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Josalin was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

17 babies were named Josalin in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Josalin

The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Josalin between 1990 and 2013, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josalin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josalin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Josalin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josalin 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 138 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.

Josalin at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

138

Since 1990

24 years of records

Peak year

2009

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1990

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2013

Josalin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1990

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2009)
17
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 201320112009200720052003200119951990 7

Josalin by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
84 births that decade — 61% of Josalin's all-time total
1990s182000s842010s36

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Josalin?
138 babies have been named Josalin since 1990. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2009 with 17 births.
When was Josalin most popular?
Josalin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Josalin been used?
Josalin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 24 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Josalin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Josephine, Josie, Joselyn, Josefina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1990–2013 (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.