Girls' name · since 1933
Joselyn
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 18,214 babies named Joselyn, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,214
- born since 1933
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joselyn currently ranks #1503 among girls' names in America, with 18,214 babies recorded since 1933.
Joselyn has 18,214 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1503 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 2025.
- #1,132 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,503 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,214 born since 1933
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joselyn ranks #1,132 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,503 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,214 born since 1933, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,503 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,214
- born since 1933
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joselyn's 18,214 recorded births place it above 98.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joselyn compares
18,214 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joselyn's all-time total is 48x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joselyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,214 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,577 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joselyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joselyn's full recorded timeline at 1984, 95% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 5% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 1,577 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joselyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 1,577
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Joselyn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Joselyn as boys' name)
Joselyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8,125 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Joselyn's strongest decade.
8,125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Joselyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 39
1940s
39 births
- 1950s 186
1950s
186 births
- 1960s 143
1960s
143 births
- 1970s 310
1970s
310 births
- 1980s 691
1980s
691 births
- 1990s 2,429
1990s
2,429 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,125 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,157 births
- 2020s 1,122
2020s
1,122 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8,125 births (45% of all-time use).
How Joselyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joselyn's total volume
Joselyn by state
Where Joselyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1933
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,586 | 19.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,805 | 15.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,211 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 912 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 866 | 4.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 530 | 2.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 490 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 488 | 2.7% |
3,586 of 18,214 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Joselyn appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joselyn's data
- Joselyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (8,125 total births); usage has since declined to 1,122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joselyns (3,586 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joselyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joselyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.