Joselin — #4207 US girls' name
4,182 babies named Joselin in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Joselin was born in this single decade.
387 babies were named Joselin in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joselin
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,182 babies named Joselin between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joselin currently holds the #4207 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 387 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joselin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joselin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 852 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joselin in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joselin 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 4,182 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.
Joselin at a glance
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Current rank
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Joselin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2007)
- 387
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #4207 among girls.
4,182 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 387 births in a single year.
Joselin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,146 births that decade — 51% of Joselin's all-time total
Joselin decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,146 births
- Runner-up 1,036 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joselin's strongest decade
2,146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Joselin by state
Where Joselin concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 852 | 20.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 653 | 15.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 252 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 172 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 168 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 152 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 144 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 117 | 2.8% |
852 of 4,182 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.4% of nationwide
- Texas 15.6% of nationwide
- New York 6.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 28 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Joselin appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1967–2024 (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.