Josalyn
Josalyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009113 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1951
- 2,113people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,113 girls have been named Josalyn in the United States since 1951, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 113 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Josalyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Josalyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Josilynpeak 2006
- Joslinpeak 2010
- Kaydeepeak 2009
- Jocelynpeak 2007
- Nidhipeak 2007
- Aubrypeak 2008
- Jalenapeak 2007
- Joscelynpeak 2007
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.