Joslin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOZ-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Joslin is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Joslin mean?
Germanic: variant of Jocelyn; also an English surname
From the Norman name Joscelin, ultimately from a Germanic name linked to the Gauts tribe.
Is Joslin a girl's or a boy's name?
Joslin 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 Joslin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Joslin, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Joslin than any year since 1980.
Half of all the girls named Joslin in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joslin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,670 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,855 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
Nicknames for Joslin
- Josie 223 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Joslin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn, Jordan, Jocelyn, Jazlyn, Jasmine, Giselle, Peyton, Aubrey, Brooklyn, Skylar, Autumn, Madison
Names related to Joslin
Joselyn, Joslyn, Josselyn, Joslynn, Joseline, Joselin, Jaslin, Josslyn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Joslin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joslin, updated 20 October 2026.