How rare is the name Joselyn?

16,968 people in the United States have the first name Joselyn, about 1 in 17,800. It ranks #1,772 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSELYN

#1,772

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,968
About
1 in 17,800
This common or more
76.9%
Who bears it

Of the 16,968 people named Joselyn, 77.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% as White and 4.6% as Black. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joselyn peaked in 2007, when 1,577 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19332025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
1,577
In 2025*
142 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,219 babies have been given the name since 1933. 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.

Joselyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #752. The largest share of babies named Joselyn, 62.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#9,91512
1940s#7,59039
1950s#4,103186
1960s#5,296143
1970s#4,001310
1980s#2,771691
1990s#1,4972,434
2000s#7528,125
2010s#1,1215,157
2020s#2,3341,122
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–802.4%
Millennials 1981–9612.4%
Generation Z 1997–1262.2%
2013 and later21.4%

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 Joselyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joselyn has been most common in Nevada (2.9×), Arizona (2.5×), and Texas (2.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).

15,715 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.

Either side of Joselyn

#1,770 Kaylin · 17,014#1,771 Archie · 16,983#1,773 Deloris · 16,930#1,774 Cali · 16,918

Spelled almost the same

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

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#2,482 Joslyn · 9,915#3,571 Joycelyn · 5,761#3,849 Joseline · 5,114#3,943 Joselin · 4,942#3,966 Jocelyne · 4,916#3,984 Jocelynn · 4,884#5,346 Josselyn · 3,231

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