Joselyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,500 for girls
Joselyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,500th for girls in the US (142 babies).
What does Joselyn mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Joselyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Joselyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 142 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joselyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Joselyn, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joselyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Joselyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Joselyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,500th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 142 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 142 girls in the US were named Joselyn, making it the 1,500th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,116th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,577 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
2025 had fewer girls named Joselyn than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Joselyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 girls in the US were given Joselyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #1,500 for this spelling alone.
Joselyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | #1,500 |
| 2024 | 196 | #1,207 |
| 2023 | 170 | #1,330 |
| 2022 | 177 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 220 | #1,122 |
| 2020 | 217 | #1,116 |
| 2019 | 252 | #1,020 |
| 2018 | 279 | #951 |
| 2017 | 333 | #819 |
| 2016 | 388 | #734 |
| 2015 | 416 | #688 |
| 2014 | 464 | #617 |
| 2013 | 648 | #474 |
| 2012 | 678 | #459 |
| 2011 | 864 | #372 |
| 2010 | 835 | #380 |
| 2009 | 981 | #336 |
| 2008 | 1,086 | #308 |
| 2007 | 1,577 | #221 |
| 2006 | 1,054 | #314 |
| 2005 | 762 | #409 |
| 2004 | 741 | #412 |
| 2003 | 625 | #474 |
| 2002 | 506 | #544 |
| 2001 | 412 | #611 |
| 2000 | 381 | #650 |
| 1999 | 285 | #772 |
| 1998 | 278 | #774 |
| 1997 | 268 | #777 |
| 1996 | 319 | #684 |
| 1995 | 240 | #818 |
| 1994 | 285 | #729 |
| 1993 | 246 | #811 |
| 1992 | 221 | #889 |
| 1991 | 140 | #1,220 |
| 1990 | 147 | #1,164 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,503 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,569 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 72 | #1,565 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,391 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
Names like Joselyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie, Fatima, Autumn, Alina, Maddison, Mia, Avery, Willow, Scarlett, Athena, Robyn, Delilah
Other spellings of Joselyn
Names related to Joselyn
Jeslyn, Joslyn, Josslyn, Jaslyn, Jesslyn, Joslynn, Joseline, Joselin
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joselyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joselyn, updated 20 October 2026.