Josten — boys' name

What the Data Says About Josten

The Social Security Administration has registered 279 babies named Josten between 1984 and 2019, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Josten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Josten performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Josten shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Josten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Josten 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 279 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.