Josslyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Josslyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Josslyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Joslyn
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Meaning borrowed from Joslyn. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Josslyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Josslyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josslyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Josslyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Josslyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Josslyn, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 179 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer girls named Josslyn than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Josslyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were given Josslyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,599, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Josslyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,876 |
| 2016 | 127 | #1,684 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 133 | #1,617 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 154 | #1,469 |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,311 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,778 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,713 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
Names like Josslyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harper Amelie Willow Isla Freya Zara Lyra Tilly Lily Myla Mila Lyla
Other spellings of Josslyn
Names related to Josslyn
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, “Josslyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josslyn, updated 20 October 2026.