Joslyn — #2250 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joslyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,161 babies named Joslyn between 1930 and 2024, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joslyn currently holds the #2250 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 461 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joslyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,379 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joslyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 936 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Joslyn in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joslyn 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 11,161 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.