Joselyn — #1203 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joselyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,067 babies named Joselyn between 1933 and 2024, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joselyn currently holds the #1203 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 1,577 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joselyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joselyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,564 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joselyn in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joselyn 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 18,067 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.