Josceline — girls' name
84 babies named Josceline in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Josceline was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Josceline in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josceline
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Josceline between 1992 and 2016, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josceline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josceline performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Josceline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josceline 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 84 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.
Josceline at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josceline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1992
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
84 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 10 births in a single year.
Josceline by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 40 births that decade — 48% of Josceline's all-time total
Josceline decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Josceline's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1992–2016 (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.