Girls' name · since 2005
Josslin
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Josslin, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 93
- total births
- 2005–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Josslin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 93 recorded since 2005.
Josslin has 93 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2021.
- 93 total births
- 2005–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josslin's 93 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Josslin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Josslin's full recorded timeline at 2011, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Josslin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2021
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Josslin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Josslin's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Josslin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Josslin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2005–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josslin: Baby Name Since 2005 - 93 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josslin. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Josslin 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 July 2026.