How Many People Are Named Josten?
An estimated 273 people in the United States have the first name Josten. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Josten peaked in popularity in 2004 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Josten as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Josten paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
273
About 1 in 1,255,510 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2004
16 births
Total Registered
279
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Josten
Josten is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 279 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Josten as a male name
Ranked #11,419 in 2019
6 male births in 2019
Peak: 2004 (16 births)
Josten: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Josten span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 106 babies were registered. While Josten is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Josten by Decade
How has Josten tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Josten by State
Josten + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Josten as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Josten
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Josten: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Josten?
We estimate approximately 273 people named Josten are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,255,510 Americans share this first name.
Is Josten a common name?
Josten is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 279 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Josten most popular?
Josten reached peak popularity in 2004, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Josten is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Josten a male name?
Josten is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Josten Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Josten Smith, Josten Johnson, Josten Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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