Josilyn — #13700 US girls' name
1,127 babies named Josilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Josilyn was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Josilyn in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Josilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,127 babies named Josilyn between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josilyn currently holds the #13700 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Josilyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 469 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Josilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Josilyn in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Josilyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,127 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Josilyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Josilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (2006)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #13700 among girls.
1,127 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 69 births in a single year.
Josilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 469 births that decade — 42% of Josilyn's all-time total
Josilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 469 births
- Runner-up 358 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Josilyn's strongest decade
469 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Josilyn by state
Where Josilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 40 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 39 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 28 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.4% |
40 of 1,127 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.