Joslin — #13652 US girls' name
1,401 babies named Joslin in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Joslin was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Joslin in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joslin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,401 babies named Joslin between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joslin currently holds the #13652 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 67 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joslin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Joslin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Joslin in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joslin 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 1,401 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.
Joslin at a glance
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Current rank
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Joslin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1951
- Peak year (2010)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
Currently ranks #13652 among girls.
1,401 total births across 74 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 67 births in a single year.
Joslin popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1977 (Joslin as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Joslin accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joslin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 450 births that decade — 32% of Joslin's all-time total
Joslin decade highlights
- Peak decade 450 births
- Runner-up 359 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joslin's strongest decade
450 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Joslin by state
Where Joslin concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 70 | 5.0% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Washington | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.4% |
70 of 1,401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.9% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
- Washington 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Joslin appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1951–2024 (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.