Josilyn
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 69 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,132since 1962
Josilyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Josilyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 |
| 2009 | #2,966 | 58 |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 |
| 2006 | #2,602 | 69 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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First appearance
1962
The first year at least five girls were named Josilyn! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Josilyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Josilyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 5,989 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #14,942)
- 10,089 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1962
- Peaked 2006 at #2,602 (69 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,554
- Highest: 1 in 27,554 girls born in 2006 were named Josilyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 41.4% of all girls named Josilyn (469) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #5,860 (1962) | #5,860 |
| 1970s | 12 | #7,567 (1977) | #8,426 |
| 1980s | 57 | #6,705 (1983) | #8,694 |
| 1990s | 180 | #4,059 (1996) | #5,698 |
| 2000s | 469 | #2,602 (2006) | #3,456 |
| 2010s | 358 | #2,752 (2010) | #4,669 |
| 2020s | 50 | #6,984 (2022) | #11,880 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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