Boys' name · since 1984
Josten
Josten has 279 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 279
- total births
- 1984–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
Josten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 279 recorded since 1984.
Josten has 279 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2019.
- 279 total births
- 1984–2019 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Josten's 279 recorded births place it above 76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Josten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Josten splits its recorded history at 2000: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Josten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2019
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Josten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Josten's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Josten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 106 births (38% of all-time use).
Josten by state
Where Josten concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 279 births nationwide.
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- Josten's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (106 total births) through the 2010s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Jostens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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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, 1984–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Josten: Baby Name Since 1984 - 279 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/josten. 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 Josten 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.