Joscelyn
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,123since 1924
Joscelyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Joscelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 |
| 2012 | #2,866 | 60 |
| 2011 | #2,725 | 64 |
| 2010 | #2,341 | 81 |
| 2009 | #1,989 | 104 |
| 2008 | #2,122 | 95 |
| 2007 | #1,815 | 117 |
| 2006 | #2,081 | 94 |
| 2005 | #2,204 | 83 |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 |
| 2003 | #2,301 | 73 |
| 2002 | #2,582 | 60 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 |
| 1994 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
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| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Joscelyn! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joscelyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Joscelyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,917)
- 3,705 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #10,917)
- 6,333 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
83 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2007 at #1,815 (117 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,433
- Highest: 1 in 16,433 girls born in 2007 were named Joscelyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 38.0% of all girls named Joscelyn (807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,061 (1924) | #5,061 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 30 | #4,202 (1957) | #4,763 |
| 1960s | 25 | #5,296 (1963) | #6,034 |
| 1970s | 114 | #3,267 (1977) | #5,897 |
| 1980s | 226 | #2,845 (1986) | #3,862 |
| 1990s | 436 | #2,360 (1997) | #2,833 |
| 2000s | 807 | #1,815 (2007) | #2,284 |
| 2010s | 416 | #2,341 (2010) | #4,233 |
| 2020s | 64 | #7,212 (2020) | #9,341 |
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.
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