Joslyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,719 for girls
Joslyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).
What does Joslyn mean?
Germanic
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Joslyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Joslyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joslyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
Joslyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Joslyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,719th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Joslyn, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 461 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Joslyn than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Joslyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Joslyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.
Joslyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,719 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,903 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2020 | 176 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 224 | #1,099 |
| 2018 | 239 | #1,065 |
| 2017 | 285 | #928 |
| 2016 | 282 | #960 |
| 2015 | 321 | #869 |
| 2014 | 319 | #862 |
| 2013 | 385 | #717 |
| 2012 | 416 | #676 |
| 2011 | 448 | #636 |
| 2010 | 461 | #640 |
| 2009 | 432 | #673 |
| 2008 | 420 | #710 |
| 2007 | 420 | #693 |
| 2006 | 399 | #714 |
| 2005 | 372 | #727 |
| 2004 | 323 | #789 |
| 2003 | 317 | #779 |
| 2002 | 294 | #796 |
| 2001 | 210 | #1,024 |
| 2000 | 182 | #1,118 |
| 1999 | 180 | #1,101 |
| 1998 | 189 | #1,042 |
| 1997 | 178 | #1,065 |
| 1996 | 194 | #978 |
| 1995 | 143 | #1,194 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | 134 | #1,269 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,262 |
| 1991 | 126 | #1,310 |
| 1990 | 151 | #1,137 |
| 1989 | 121 | #1,298 |
| 1988 | 115 | #1,268 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,469 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,494 |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,444 |
| 1984 | 94 | #1,307 |
| 1983 | 94 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 96 | #1,308 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,328 |
| 1980 | 83 | #1,460 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 123 | #1,062 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,794 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,377 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,422 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Names like Joslyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robyn, Autumn, Jasmine, Mia, Scarlett, Willow, Amelie, Fatima, Heidi, Myla, Zara, Aubrey
Other spellings of Joslyn
Names related to Joslyn
Joselyn, Jeslyn, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jesslyn, Josselyn, 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, “Joslyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joslyn, updated 20 October 2026.