Girls' name · since 1996
Joshelyn
57 babies named Joshelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 57
- total births
- 1996–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
Joshelyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 57 have been recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Joshelyn recorded 57 times among girls since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2010.
- 57 total births
- 1996–2010 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 81% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joshelyn's 57 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joshelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joshelyn's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joshelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2010
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Joshelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Joshelyn's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Joshelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Joshelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1996–2010 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joshelyn: Baby Name Since 1996 - 57 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joshelyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Joshelyn 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 July 2026.