Jossalyn
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 352since 1986
Jossalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jossalyn has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 |
| 2007 | #4,213 | 36 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
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| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five girls were named Jossalyn! It came in at #10,912, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1999, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jossalyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jossalyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jossalyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2007 at #4,213 (36 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 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 51,737
- Highest: 1 in 51,737 girls born in 2011 were named Jossalyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 230,936 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,213 in 2007, was only 1 in 53,406 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 52.8% of all girls named Jossalyn (186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #10,912 (1986) | #10,912 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 186 | #4,213 (2007) | #7,634 |
| 2010s | 154 | #4,244 (2011) | #8,409 |
| 2020s | 7 | #12,142 (2020) | #12,142 |
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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