Girl’s name · Spanish, Germanic

Yoselin

How to say it: yoh-suh-LEEN · /joʊsəˈliːn/

Spanish phonetic adaptation of Jocelyn, from Germanic 'Gautzelin' (a Frankish tribal name). Modern elaboration common in Latin America.

Yoselin was the 1,552nd most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 95 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, its births are down about 36% in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #1,531 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,552for girls in 2025
1 in 34,898US babies
95born in 2025
#1,531projected for 2030
2000sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Yoselin
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#1,552
Babies born in 202595
Share of births1 in 34,898
Peak decade2000s
Change over 10 years−36%
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#1,531

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Yoselin is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 183 per million births, 2000s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Yosi
  • Yose
  • Linn

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Yoselin is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, German, Spanish.

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