Girls' name · since 1996
Josilynn
254 babies named Josilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 254
- total births
- 1996–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
254 girls have been named Josilynn since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Josilynn has 254 recorded births among girls since 1996, 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 1996 to 2023.
- 254 total births
- 1996–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josilynn's 254 recorded births place it above 76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josilynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josilynn's full recorded timeline at 2009, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josilynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2023
- Peak year (2012)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Josilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Josilynn's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Josilynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 121 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Josilynn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (121 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- 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, 1996–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josilynn: Baby Name Since 1996 - 254 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josilynn. 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 Josilynn 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.