Joselin
Girl · JOS-a-lin · Germanic
Joselin is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Joselin mean?
Germanic: variant of Jocelyn
“one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”
A spelling of Jocelyn, which began as a Norman man's name before becoming a girl's name.
- Say it
- JOS-a-lin
Is Joselin a girl's or a boy's name?
Joselin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joselin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Joselin, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 387 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had fewer girls named Joselin than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Joselin in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joselin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 54 | #3,014 |
| 2016 | 88 | #2,188 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 141 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,714 |
| 2011 | 169 | #1,363 |
| 2010 | 197 | #1,223 |
| 2009 | 224 | #1,129 |
| 2008 | 224 | #1,145 |
| 2007 | 387 | #755 |
| 2006 | 298 | #892 |
| 2005 | 205 | #1,139 |
| 2004 | 193 | #1,167 |
| 2003 | 205 | #1,078 |
| 2002 | 159 | #1,246 |
| 2001 | 137 | #1,383 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,556 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,801 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,604 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,734 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
Nicknames for Joselin
- Joss 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Joselin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Addison Avery Jordyn Alina Emery Jazlyn Emerson Jocelyn Jordan Journey Peyton
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