Josilyn
Girl · JOS-uh-lin · Germanic
Josilyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Josilyn mean?
Germanic: variant of Jocelyn, from the Norman Joscelin
From the Norman name Joscelin, ultimately from a Germanic name linked to the Gauts tribe.
- Say it
- JOS-uh-lin
Is Josilyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Josilyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josilyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Josilyn, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Josilyn than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Josilyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josilyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Nicknames for Josilyn
- Josie 223 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Josilyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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