Jossalynn — girls' name
57 babies named Jossalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Jossalynn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jossalynn in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jossalynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Jossalynn between 2006 and 2012, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jossalynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jossalynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jossalynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jossalynn 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 57 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.
Jossalynn at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jossalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2006
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
57 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 10 births in a single year.
Jossalynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 61% of Jossalynn's all-time total
Jossalynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jossalynn's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 2006–2012 (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.