Girls' name · since 2005
Joshelin
14 babies named Joshelin in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshelin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 14 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshelin has been recorded 14 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2006.
- #50,536 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 14 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshelin ranks #50,536 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #50,536 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 14
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshelin's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joshelin's full recorded timeline at 2006, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joshelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2006
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Joshelin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Joshelin's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Joshelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joshelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~1 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, 2005–2006 (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 Joshelin 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.