Girls' name · since 1984
Joshalyn
184 babies named Joshalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joshalyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 184 recorded since 1984.
Joshalyn has 184 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2014.
- #20,659 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshalyn ranks #20,659 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,659 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joshalyn's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joshalyn's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joshalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2014
- Peak year (1992)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Joshalyn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (78 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Joshalyn's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Joshalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 78 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Joshalyn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joshalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1984–2014 (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 Joshalyn 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.