Boys' name · since 1992
Joston
Joston has 21 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,680 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joston is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 21 have been recorded since 1992.
Joston has 21 recorded births among boys since 1992, 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 1992 to 2012.
- #28,680 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joston ranks #28,680 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,680 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joston's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joston's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2012.
21 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 6 births in a single year.
Joston by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Joston's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Joston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
Joston decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Joston's data
- Joston's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1992–2012 (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 Joston 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.
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