Josalyn
Girl · JOSS-uh-lin · Germanic
Josalyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Josalyn mean?
Germanic: variant of Jocelyn, via Norman French
“of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”
A spelling of Jocelyn, which began as a Norman man's name built on Gaut, the name of a Germanic tribe.
- Say it
- JOSS-uh-lin
Is Josalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Josalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Josalyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had fewer girls named Josalyn than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Josalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 87 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,913 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,866 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,977 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 97 | #1,968 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,097 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 52 | #2,369 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
Nicknames for Josalyn
Names like Josalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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