Girls' name · since 2003
Josielyn
17 babies named Josielyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Josielyn since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Josielyn has 17 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2003 to 2012.
- #47,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josielyn ranks #47,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josielyn's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josielyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josielyn's full recorded timeline at 2007, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josielyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2012
- Peak year (2007)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Josielyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Josielyn's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Josielyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Josielyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Josielyn: 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 (~9 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, 2003–2012 (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 Josielyn 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.