Joslyn
#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,136
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 448 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,227since 1930
Joslyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Joslyn has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,248 | 83 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,903 | 104 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,677 | 125 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,398 | 156 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,271 | 176 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,099 | 224 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,065 | 239 | — | |
| 2017 | #928 | 285 | — | |
| 2016 | #960 | 282 | — | |
| 2015 | #869 | 321 | — | |
| 2014 | #862 | 319 | — | |
| 2013 | #717 | 385 | — | |
| 2012 | #676 | 416 | — | |
| 2011 | #636 | 448 | — | |
| 2010 | #640 | 461 | — | |
| 2009 | #673 | 432 | — | |
| 2008 | #710 | 420 | — | |
| 2007 | #693 | 420 | — | |
| 2006 | #714 | 399 | — | |
| 2005 | #727 | 372 | — | |
| 2004 | #789 | 323 | — | |
| 2003 | #779 | 317 | — | |
| 2002 | #796 | 294 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,025 | 210 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,120 | 182 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,103 | 180 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,043 | 189 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,066 | 178 | — | |
| 1996 | #979 | 194 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #1,197 | 143 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,115 | 161 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,271 | 134 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,264 | 135 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,314 | 126 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,141 | 151 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,301 | 121 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,307 | 94 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #1,295 | 94 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,328 | 94 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,460 | 83 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,503 | 78 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,062 | 123 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,378 | 57 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,469 | 43 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
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| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Joslyn! It came in at #4,550, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930–1942, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joslyn is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Ohio#685 · 1 in 7,662
- Michigan#697 · 1 in 7,194
- Texas#1,202 · 1 in 12,924
- Illinois#1,232 · 1 in 14,181
- New York#1,278 · 1 in 14,047
Best ever in a state: #82 in Nebraska, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #685 | 9 | 1 in 7,662 |
| Michigan | #697 | 8 | 1 in 7,194 |
| Texas | #1,202 | 8 | 1 in 12,924 |
| Illinois | #1,232 | 5 | 1 in 14,181 |
| New York | #1,278 | 7 | 1 in 14,047 |
| California | #1,356 | 10 | 1 in 15,333 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joslyn
- 471 spots since 2024 (#2,248 → #2,719)
- 1,448 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #2,719)
- 1,850 spots since 2015 (#869 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 229 spots in 2002 (#1,025 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 2014 (#717 → #862)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 2011 at #636 (448 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2002–2017
- Highest: 1 in 3,856 girls born in 2010 were named Joslyn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #636 in 2011, was only 1 in 3,926 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.1% of all girls named Joslyn (3,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,400 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,493 (1943) | #3,899 |
| 1950s | 407 | #1,378 (1956) | #1,632 |
| 1960s | 231 | #2,172 (1963) | #2,698 |
| 1970s | 547 | #1,062 (1977) | #1,992 |
| 1980s | 954 | #1,269 (1988) | #1,368 |
| 1990s | 1,591 | #979 (1996) | #1,149 |
| 2000s | 3,369 | #673 (2009) | #803 |
| 2010s | 3,380 | #636 (2011) | #845 |
| 2020s | 707 | #1,271 (2020) | #1,869 |
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.
Joslyn in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,167 of them was named Joslyn, which outranked 89.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,221Renita102
- #1,221Shandra102
- #1,221Sharron102
- #1,231Joslyn101
- #1,231Candida101
- #1,231Estella101
- #1,231Lenora101
- #1,241Brandon100
- #1,241Chantelle100
- #1,241Jolie100
Tied with 9 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 328,367 of them was named Joslyn, which outranked 14.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 990 names at #5,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.