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Joselyn

#1,504 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Jocelyn

Joselyn has been given to 18,219 babies in the U.S. since 1933. In 2025 it ranked #1,504 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 1,577 recorded.

Babies named Joselyn, 2025

1 in 23,300

Joselyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05001K1.5K2K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Joselyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jocelyn

Germanic languages

What Joselyn means

Joselyn is a variant of Jocelyn.

Origin, language, and formation

Joselyn is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Joselyn is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jocelyn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18,214 girls were recorded with the name Joselyn between 1933 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,577 in 2007; its best national rank was #221 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,116 in 2020 to #1,504 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #688 in 2015 to #1,504 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Joselyn between 1993 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1993; its best national rank was #9,412 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Joselyn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,300
142 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 11,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,504
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,184 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Joselyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,184 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joselyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joselyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joselyn was born before 2007 — so the typical Joselyn is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
44.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
18,163
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Choose a decade

2000s — 44.6% of all recorded uses (8,125).

Is Joselyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−295
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−388
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−816
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.34×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
9.0%
Peak was 2007 (1,577)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#221
2007

Spellings of Joselyn

Joselyn is not the most common spelling — Jocelyn is, with 37.2% against Joselyn's 6.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Joselyn is used

Across 2016–2025, Joselyn was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 6,953 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

224 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 4,167
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 5,000
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 5,000
  4. 4California1 in 5,263
  5. 5Florida1 in 5,556
  6. 6Illinois1 in 5,556
  7. 7Arizona1 in 6,250
  8. 8Georgia1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Joselyn around the world

Where Joselyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2015
    #2,132
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    1970–2005
    #517
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Joselyn

People whose public names include Joselyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Joselyn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Joselyn. Linked forms have their own page here.

JocelynJoselinJoscelynJoselyne

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Joselyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,504
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 388
Best rank ever
#221
2007
Peak year
2007
1,577 that year
First recorded
1933
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
18,214
Count in 2025
142

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,412
1993
Peak year
1993
5 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Joselyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

JoslynJosslynJosalynJosselynJoshlynJosilynJoscelynJosetteJosefinaJosephJacklynJoselinRoselynMadalynRosalynMadilynJoslynnBraelynAddilynSherlynEmmalynKatlynRoslynJazlyn

Names with a curve like Joselyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Joselyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KaelynDulceNatalyAniyaJaydaKaylieNataleeEstrellaKailynJaydenKyleighAshlynn

Sibling names for Joselyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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