Josselyn — #3236 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Josselyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,306 babies named Josselyn between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Josselyn currently holds the #3236 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 257 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josselyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,303 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Josselyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 761 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Josselyn in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josselyn 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 3,306 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.