Jocelyn
#393 for girls in 2025, 788 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 5,293 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 113,061since 1900
Jocelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #393 | 788 | — | |
| 2024 | #389 | 813 | — | |
| 2023 | #346 | 890 | — | |
| 2022 | #315 | 1,017 | — | |
| 2021 | #292 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2020 | #269 | 1,147 | — | |
| 2019 | #200 | 1,520 | — | |
| 2018 | #195 | 1,560 | — | |
| 2017 | #163 | 1,843 | — | |
| 2016 | #147 | 2,105 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #133 | 2,453 | — | |
| 2014 | #115 | 2,764 | — | |
| 2013 | #99 | 3,152 | — | |
| 2012 | #93 | 3,232 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #71 | 3,731 | — | |
| 2010 | #65 | 3,997 | — | |
| 2009 | #71 | 4,118 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #67 | 4,372 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #50 | 5,293 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #73 | 4,370 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #87 | 3,681 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #85 | 3,743 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #87 | 3,718 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #92 | 3,521 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #123 | 2,827 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #122 | 2,746 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #132 | 2,477 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #128 | 2,583 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #122 | 2,621 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #127 | 2,509 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #148 | 2,193 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #157 | 2,059 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #162 | 1,926 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #164 | 1,843 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #215 | 1,355 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #217 | 1,318 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #247 | 1,081 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #238 | 1,104 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #260 | 979 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #292 | 851 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #287 | 869 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #277 | 869 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #321 | 723 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #327 | 741 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #299 | 809 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #317 | 761 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #324 | 721 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #279 | 827 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #267 | 938 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #455 | 424 | — | |
| 1975 | #468 | 400 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #461 | 389 | — | |
| 1973 | #493 | 356 | — | |
| 1972 | #501 | 351 | — | |
| 1971 | #485 | 396 | — | |
| 1970 | #484 | 413 | — | |
| 1969 | #492 | 390 | — | |
| 1968 | #529 | 324 | — | |
| 1967 | #593 | 260 | — | |
| 1966 | #550 | 297 | — | |
| 1965 | #557 | 292 | — | |
| 1964 | #624 | 262 | — | |
| 1963 | #617 | 267 | — | |
| 1962 | #691 | 222 | — | |
| 1961 | #703 | 223 | — | |
| 1960 | #673 | 228 | — | |
| 1959 | #641 | 241 | — | |
| 1958 | #559 | 306 | — | |
| 1957 | #507 | 353 | — | |
| 1956 | #458 | 404 | — | |
| 1955 | #463 | 383 | — | |
| 1954 | #508 | 304 | — | |
| 1953 | #497 | 308 | — | |
| 1952 | #534 | 255 | — | |
| 1951 | #493 | 276 | — | |
| 1950 | #738 | 136 | — | |
| 1949 | #895 | 97 | — | |
| 1948 | #977 | 79 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,047 | 72 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,006 | 70 | — | |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,140 | 47 | — | |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 | — | |
| 1942 | #993 | 62 | — | |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 | — | |
| 1940 | #957 | 56 | — | |
| 1939 | #805 | 73 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,079 | 44 | — | |
| 1937 | #992 | 50 | — | |
| 1936 | #795 | 72 | — | |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 | — | |
| 1934 | #774 | 75 | — | |
| 1933 | #845 | 63 | — | |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | — | |
| 1931 | #728 | 85 | — | |
| 1930 | #880 | 67 | — | |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 | — | |
| 1928 | #924 | 64 | — | |
| 1927 | #955 | 63 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,129 | 46 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Jocelyn! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jocelyn is popular in 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#44 · 1 in 260
- Illinois#50 · 1 in 272
- Nevada#79 · 1 in 319
- New Mexico#95 · 1 in 365
- Texas#95 · 1 in 434
Best ever in a state: #10 in California, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #44 | 856 | 1 in 260 |
| Illinois | #50 | 259 | 1 in 272 |
| Nevada | #79 | 31 | 1 in 319 |
| New Mexico | #95 | 22 | 1 in 365 |
| Texas | #95 | 353 | 1 in 434 |
| Arizona | #113 | 66 | 1 in 485 |
| Delaware | #115 | 7 | 1 in 432 |
| Virginia | #116 | 64 | 1 in 549 |
| Rhode Island | #117 | 10 | 1 in 398 |
| Nebraska | #119 | 18 | 1 in 455 |
| Minnesota | #128 | 43 | 1 in 587 |
| New Jersey | #129 | 70 | 1 in 591 |
| Oregon | #136 | 29 | 1 in 550 |
| Washington | #136 | 47 | 1 in 611 |
| New Hampshire | #138 | 9 | 1 in 538 |
| Pennsylvania | #138 | 86 | 1 in 651 |
| Maine | #140 | 8 | 1 in 558 |
| New York | #143 | 143 | 1 in 685 |
| District of Columbia | #145 | 8 | 1 in 452 |
| Massachusetts | #145 | 48 | 1 in 655 |
| Florida | #146 | 113 | 1 in 684 |
| Connecticut | #150 | 23 | 1 in 648 |
| North Dakota | #150 | 5 | 1 in 510 |
| Indiana | #163 | 44 | 1 in 751 |
| Utah | #167 | 26 | 1 in 667 |
| Colorado | #169 | 34 | 1 in 719 |
| Montana | #170 | 5 | 1 in 558 |
| Wisconsin | #181 | 30 | 1 in 842 |
| Georgia | #194 | 49 | 1 in 984 |
| Idaho | #197 | 9 | 1 in 689 |
| West Virginia | #200 | 8 | 1 in 892 |
| Maryland | #216 | 23 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Kansas | #222 | 15 | 1 in 884 |
| North Carolina | #226 | 41 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Hawaii | #227 | 5 | 1 in 687 |
| Iowa | #231 | 13 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Ohio | #235 | 49 | 1 in 1,216 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 11 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Oklahoma | #261 | 15 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Tennessee | #262 | 24 | 1 in 1,257 |
| South Carolina | #268 | 13 | 1 in 1,291 |
| Michigan | #281 | 34 | 1 in 1,468 |
| Missouri | #336 | 16 | 1 in 1,789 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 7 | 1 in 1,658 |
| Louisiana | #378 | 11 | 1 in 1,888 |
| Alabama | #466 | 8 | 1 in 2,496 |
| Kentucky | #512 | 6 | 1 in 3,320 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jocelyn
- 4 spots since 2024 (#389 → #393)
- 124 spots since 2020 (#269 → #393)
- 260 spots since 2015 (#133 → #393)
- Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1939 (#1,079 → #805)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1944 (#907 → #1,140)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 2007 at #50 (5,293 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 2002–2013
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1948–2025
- Highest: 1 in 363 girls born in 2007 were named Jocelyn (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,040 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 34.0% of all girls named Jocelyn (38,389) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,723 (1900) | #1,723 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,431 (1917) | #2,051 |
| 1920s | 472 | #779 (1929) | #1,201 |
| 1930s | 642 | #728 (1931) | #875 |
| 1940s | 688 | #889 (1945) | #976 |
| 1950s | 2,966 | #458 (1956) | #540 |
| 1960s | 2,765 | #492 (1969) | #603 |
| 1970s | 5,215 | #267 (1977) | #422 |
| 1980s | 8,787 | #238 (1988) | #287 |
| 1990s | 20,884 | #122 (1997) | #157 |
| 2000s | 38,389 | #50 (2007) | #86 |
| 2010s | 26,357 | #65 (2010) | #128 |
| 2020s | 5,748 | #269 (2020) | #334 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jocelyn in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 637 of them was named Jocelyn, which outranked 99.3% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 323,814 of them was named Jocelyn, which outranked 24.9% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #9,243Jocelyn6
- #9,243Aaronjames6
- #9,243Aarsh6
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- #10,556Aahil5
- #10,556Aarick5
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Tied with 1,312 names at #9,243; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.