Recorded 1952–2016 Girls' name Peak 2011 191 births

Joselle — girls' name

191 babies named Joselle in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s311960s61970s51980s111990s332000s492010s56
2010s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Joselle was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

13 babies were named Joselle in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joselle

The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Joselle between 1952 and 2016, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joselle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joselle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joselle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joselle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joselle 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 191 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.

Joselle at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

191

Since 1952

65 years of records

Peak year

2011

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1952

Recorded for 65 years

Last year on file: 2016

Joselle popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1952

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2011)
13
Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
468101214 20162012200820041998198919581952 7

Joselle by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
56 births that decade — 29% of Joselle's all-time total
1950s311960s61970s51980s111990s332000s492010s56

Joselle by state

Where Joselle concentrates geographically — total births since 1952

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Joselle
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.6%
California share of Joselle's total US births 2.6%

5 of 191 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joselle?
191 babies have been named Joselle since 1952. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2011 with 13 births.
When was Joselle most popular?
Joselle was most popular in the 2010s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Joselle most popular?
The top states for the name Joselle are California (5 births).
How long has the name Joselle been used?
Joselle has been recorded in Social Security data since 1952, spanning 65 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Joselle?
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, 1952–2016 (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.