Girls' name · since 1992
Josselin
859 babies named Josselin in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 859
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josselin currently ranks #12354 among girls' names in America, with 859 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josselin has been recorded 859 times among girls since 1992, currently ranked #12354 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #8,340 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,354 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 859 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Josselin ranks #8,340 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,354 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 859 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,354 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 859
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Josselin's 859 recorded births place it above 88.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Josselin compares
859 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Josselin's all-time total is 128% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Josselin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 859 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Josselin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Josselin splits its recorded history at 2009: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 64 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Josselin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Josselin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (402 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Josselin's strongest decade.
402 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Josselin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 129
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
402 births
- 2010s
2010s
254 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 402 births (47% of all-time use).
How Josselin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Josselin's total volume
Josselin by state
Where Josselin concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 117 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 90 | 10.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
117 of 859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Josselin's data
- Josselin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (402 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Josselins (117 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Josselin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1992–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Josselin 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 August 2026.