How rare is the name Joselin?

4,942 people in the United States have the first name Joselin, about 1 in 61,115. It ranks #3,943 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

JOSELIN

#3,943

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,942
About
1 in 61,115
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,942 people named Joselin, 94.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% as White and 1.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joselin peaked in 2007, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
387
In 2025*
22 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,204 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joselin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,962. The largest share of babies named Joselin, 69.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#15,55726
1980s#11,89875
1990s#3,318723
2000s#1,9622,146
2010s#3,4541,036
2020s#7,572192
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9612.3%
Generation Z 1997–1269.1%
2013 and later17.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joselin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joselin has been most common in Arizona (3.3×), Texas (2.9×), and California (2.9×), and least common in Virginia (0.53×).

2,881 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Joselin

2 other first names also have 4,942 people.

#3,943 Mirta · 4,942#3,943 Reanna · 4,942

Either side of Joselin

#3,941 Teodora · 4,952#3,942 Kyndall · 4,950#3,943 Mirta · 4,942#3,943 Reanna · 4,942

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joselin, most common first.

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#1,772 Joselyn · 16,968#2,482 Joslyn · 9,915#3,849 Joseline · 5,114#5,346 Josselyn · 3,231#6,615 Jocelin · 2,406#7,760 Joscelyn · 1,931#7,992 Josslyn · 1,844

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