Josalyn — #8484 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Josalyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,113 babies named Josalyn between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josalyn currently holds the #8484 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 113 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 820 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Josalyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Josalyn in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josalyn 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 2,113 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.