How rare is the name Joslyn?

9,915 people in the United States have the first name Joslyn, about 1 in 30,462. It ranks #2,482 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOSLYN

#2,482

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,915
About
1 in 30,462
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,915 people named Joslyn, 54% reported their origin as White, 19.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.1% as Black. 98% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joslyn peaked in 2010, when 461 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19302025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
461
In 2025*
63 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,255 babies have been given the name since 1930. 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.

Joslyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,412. The largest share of babies named Joslyn, 46.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#10,55210
1940s#8,19731
1950s#2,682407
1960s#4,041231
1970s#2,752563
1980s#2,231959
1990s#1,9921,598
2000s#1,4123,369
2010s#1,5253,380
2020s#3,190707
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–644.9%
Generation X 1965–806.7%
Millennials 1981–9617.1%
Generation Z 1997–1246.6%
2013 and later24.5%

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 Joslyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joslyn has been most common in Nebraska (4.5×), Michigan (2.7×), and Colorado (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.26×).

7,853 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 Joslyn

#2,479 Skyla · 9,931#2,481 Wes · 9,923#2,483 Sergey · 9,907#2,484 Darby · 9,906

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,772 Joselyn · 16,968#6,335 Joslynn · 2,547#7,992 Josslyn · 1,844#8,006 Josalyn · 1,840#9,498 Joslin · 1,459#11,639 Joshlyn · 1,095#12,723 Jozlyn · 970#12,814 Josilyn · 959

Also a last name

As a last name, Joslyn ranks #11,963 of 156,621, with 2,497 people. See Joslyn as a last name

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