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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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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#43 · 1 in 297
- Nevada#44 · 1 in 220
- Arizona#53 · 1 in 319
- Illinois#54 · 1 in 332
- Delaware#55 · 1 in 190
Best ever in a state: #10 in California, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #43 | 703 | 1 in 297 |
| Nevada | #44 | 47 | 1 in 220 |
| Arizona | #53 | 97 | 1 in 319 |
| Illinois | #54 | 177 | 1 in 332 |
| Delaware | #55 | 14 | 1 in 190 |
| Texas | #59 | 434 | 1 in 365 |
| Idaho | #66 | 22 | 1 in 289 |
| Oregon | #75 | 42 | 1 in 354 |
| Kansas | #80 | 36 | 1 in 366 |
| North Dakota | #82 | 11 | 1 in 256 |
| Pennsylvania | #82 | 132 | 1 in 400 |
| North Carolina | #85 | 108 | 1 in 407 |
| New Jersey | #101 | 75 | 1 in 487 |
| Iowa | #104 | 30 | 1 in 418 |
| Washington | #106 | 67 | 1 in 454 |
| New Mexico | #109 | 17 | 1 in 417 |
| South Dakota | #110 | 9 | 1 in 332 |
| Tennessee | #112 | 58 | 1 in 515 |
| West Virginia | #112 | 16 | 1 in 413 |
| Montana | #114 | 8 | 1 in 343 |
| Florida | #115 | 142 | 1 in 561 |
| Wisconsin | #122 | 45 | 1 in 512 |
| Massachusetts | #123 | 50 | 1 in 509 |
| Colorado | #125 | 42 | 1 in 533 |
| New York | #125 | 147 | 1 in 628 |
| Virginia | #126 | 66 | 1 in 551 |
| Ohio | #127 | 91 | 1 in 567 |
| Indiana | #129 | 54 | 1 in 556 |
| Oklahoma | #131 | 30 | 1 in 549 |
| Georgia | #133 | 78 | 1 in 607 |
| Maine | #135 | 8 | 1 in 458 |
| New Hampshire | #145 | 8 | 1 in 465 |
| South Carolina | #145 | 28 | 1 in 622 |
| Minnesota | #148 | 40 | 1 in 601 |
| Connecticut | #155 | 20 | 1 in 585 |
| Missouri | #158 | 40 | 1 in 673 |
| Arkansas | #161 | 19 | 1 in 600 |
| Maryland | #166 | 34 | 1 in 709 |
| Kentucky | #168 | 27 | 1 in 672 |
| Mississippi | #172 | 16 | 1 in 665 |
| Utah | #176 | 26 | 1 in 689 |
| Rhode Island | #182 | 5 | 1 in 596 |
| Alabama | #184 | 25 | 1 in 739 |
| Nebraska | #191 | 12 | 1 in 646 |
| Michigan | #194 | 49 | 1 in 840 |
| Louisiana | #340 | 14 | 1 in 1,407 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| 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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 545 of them was named Jocelyn, which outranked 99.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Jocelyn, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.