Josilyn
Josilyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200669 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1962
- 1,127people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,127 girls have been named Josilyn in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 69 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 42%.
By decade
In 2006, its biggest year
Josilyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Josilyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaylenpeak 2009
- Cailynpeak 2009
- Keyleepeak 2009
- Kaelynpeak 2009
- Kailynpeak 2011
- Joselynpeak 2007
- Analiesepeak 2006
- Ramyapeak 2008
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.