Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Josalyn

#4,316 most common girls' name of all time · #7,347 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among girls
#4,316
Rank overall
#7,347 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,120
Since 2016
234
Peak year
2009 #1,870
Best rank
#1,870 2009
Girls Boys peak 113/yr
1960198020002020

Josalyn first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 — 7 #12,122
2024 12 — 12 #8,538
2023 9 — 9 #10,483
2022 17 — 17 #6,769
2021 21 — 21 #5,793
2020 10 — 10 #9,687
2019 31 — 31 #4,468
2018 38 — 38 #3,871
2017 45 — 45 #3,451
2016 44 — 44 #3,537
2015 50 — 50 #3,264
2014 41 — 41 #3,740
2013 62 — 62 #2,779
2012 78 — 78 #2,381
2011 87 — 87 #2,178
2010 105 — 105 #1,918
2009 113 — 113 #1,870
2008 106 — 106 #1,983
2007 101 — 101 #2,022
2006 81 — 81 #2,335
2005 97 — 97 #1,975
2004 76 — 76 #2,297
2003 72 — 72 #2,331
2002 81 — 81 #2,105
2001 52 — 52 #2,820
2000 41 — 41 #3,291
1999 34 — 34 #3,589
1998 26 — 26 #4,274
1997 26 — 26 #4,155
1996 34 — 34 #3,382
1995 29 — 29 #3,710
1994 35 — 35 #3,259
1993 24 — 24 #4,302
1992 29 — 29 #3,724
1991 29 — 29 #3,664
1990 52 — 52 #2,384
1989 29 — 29 #3,510
1988 20 — 20 #4,373
1987 21 — 21 #4,046
1986 16 — 16 #4,809
1985 18 — 18 #4,369
1984 23 — 23 #3,562
1983 21 — 21 #3,751
1982 15 — 15 #4,812
1981 28 — 28 #3,115
1980 16 — 16 #4,611
1979 18 — 18 #4,130
1978 22 — 22 #3,444
1977 26 — 26 #3,048
1976 5 — 5 #9,789
1975 5 — 5 #9,517
1972 7 — 7 #6,849
1969 7 — 7 #6,278
1961 5 — 5 #7,141
1956 5 — 5 #6,623
1955 5 — 5 #6,513
1953 6 — 6 #5,578
1951 7 — 7 #4,818