Yoselyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YOH-seh-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Yoselyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Yoselyn mean?
Germanic: Spanish-style spelling of Jocelyn
A Latin American spelling of Jocelyn, originally a medieval boys' name from the Germanic Gautselin.
Is Yoselyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoselyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoselyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Yoselyn, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 186 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had fewer girls named Yoselyn than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Yoselyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yoselyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,719 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,890 |
| 2007 | 186 | #1,308 |
| 2006 | 123 | #1,702 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 90 | #2,028 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 44 | #3,192 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 32 | #3,500 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
Names like Yoselyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison, Avery, Madison, Emerson, Emery, Jordyn, Jazlyn, Brooklyn, Madilyn, Camryn, Joselyn, Alina
Names related to Yoselyn
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, “Yoselyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoselyn, updated 20 October 2026.