girl's name

Josslyn

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,244

Josslyn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2011, when 179 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 221,043 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1953.

Josslyn over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,217
'50 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Josslyn by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1980s 32
1990s 94
2000s 627
2010s 1,217
2020s (to 2025) 196

How popular is Josslyn?

In 2025, Josslyn was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Josslyn is used

Canada #2,127 10 in 2016
England & Wales #5,611 4 in 2023
United States #7,449 15 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Josslyn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Josslyn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Josslyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Josslyn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Josslyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Josslyn

How popular is the name Josslyn?

In 2025, Josslyn was given to 15 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Josslyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Josslyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Josslyn most popular?

Josslyn peaked in 2011, when 179 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Josslyn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Josslyn currently ranks #7,449 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.