Girls' name · since 1951
Joshlyn
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 1,299 babies named Joshlyn, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,564 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,299
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshlyn currently ranks #9564 among girls' names in America, with 1,299 babies recorded since 1951.
Joshlyn has 1,299 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9564 as of the latest data, more common than 45% 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 1951 to 2025.
- #6,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,564 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,299 born since 1951
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joshlyn ranks #6,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,564 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,299 born since 1951, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,564 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,299
- born since 1951
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joshlyn's 1,299 recorded births place it above 91.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Joshlyn compares
1,299 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Joshlyn's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joshlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,299 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joshlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joshlyn splits its recorded history at 1994: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 55 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joshlyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Joshlyn popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1983 (Joshlyn as boys' name)
Joshlyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (413 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Joshlyn's strongest decade.
413 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Joshlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 64
1950s
64 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
172 births
- 1990s
1990s
267 births
- 2000s
2000s
413 births
- 2010s
2010s
254 births
- 2020s 60
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 413 births (32% of all-time use).
How Joshlyn 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 Joshlyn's total volume
Joshlyn by state
Where Joshlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 70 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 38 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
70 of 1,299 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Joshlyn's data
- Joshlyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (413 total births); usage has since declined to 60 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Joshlyns (70 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Joshlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1951–2025 (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 Joshlyn 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.