Josselyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Josselyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Josselyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Joselyn
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Meaning borrowed from Joselyn. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Josselyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Josselyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josselyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Josselyn, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 257 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer girls named Josselyn than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Josselyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 girls in the US were given Josselyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Josselyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,557 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,074 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,984 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,684 |
| 2013 | 131 | #1,634 |
| 2012 | 148 | #1,503 |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,480 |
| 2010 | 166 | #1,388 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,398 |
| 2008 | 188 | #1,317 |
| 2007 | 257 | #1,027 |
| 2006 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,733 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,504 |
| 1999 | 54 | #2,607 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,122 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Josselyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn, Jazlyn, Addison, Avery, Jocelyn, Madison, Emery, Emerson, Alina, Brooklyn, Journey, Amelie
Other spellings of Josselyn
Names related to Josselyn
Joslyn, Jesslyn, Joslynn, Joseline, Joselin, Jessalyn, 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, “Josselyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josselyn, updated 20 October 2026.