Joselyn Girl
How popular is Joselyn?
#1,500 girl name in 2025
142 baby girls were named Joselyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1500th most popular girl name.
Joselyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,500 for girls (▼ 293 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 142 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #688 in 2015, #1,116 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (1,577 girls) |
| Highest rank | #221 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Joselyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Joselyn family of names ranked #691 for girls in 2025 (#545 the year before), with 385 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Joselyn | 142 | 37% |
| Joslyn | 63 | 16% |
| Josselyn | 24 | 6% |
| Joslynn | 26 | 7% |
| Josslyn | 15 | 4% |
| Joselin | 22 | 6% |
| Joseline | 32 | 8% |
| Joselynn | 15 | 4% |
| Josalyn | 7 | 2% |
| Joslin | 5 | 1% |
| Josselin | 7 | 2% |
| Josilyn | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Joselyn is most popular
Babies named Joselyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (153 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 girls)
Joselyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,374 |
| 1940s | 39 | #3,591 |
| 1950s | 186 | #2,070 |
| 1960s | 143 | #2,410 |
| 1970s | 310 | #2,026 |
| 1980s | 691 | #1,476 |
| 1990s | 2,429 | #684 |
| 2000s | 8,125 | #221 |
| 2010s | 5,157 | #372 |
| 2020s | 1,122 | #1,116 |
Girl names about as popular as Joselyn
Questions
- Is Joselyn a boy or girl name?
- Joselyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Joselyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Joselyn?
- 142 baby girls were named Joselyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1500th most popular girl name.
- When was Joselyn most popular?
- Joselyn peaked in 2007, when 1,577 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #221 in 2007.
- How many people are named Joselyn?
- 18,219 babies have been named Joselyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,964 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Joselyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Joselyn was most common in Texas, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.