Jocelyn Girl
How popular is Jocelyn?
#393 girl name in 2025
788 baby girls were named Jocelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 393rd most popular girl name.
Jocelyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #393 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 788 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #133 in 2015, #269 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (5,293 girls) |
| Highest rank | #50 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1900 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jocelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jocelyn family of names ranked #356 for girls in 2025 (#352 the year before), with 897 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn | 788 | 88% |
| Jocelynn | 85 | 9% |
| Jocelyne | 11 | 1% |
| Jocelin | 8 | 1% |
| Jocelynne | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jocelyn is most popular
Babies named Jocelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Kansas: 1.1 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.1 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Oklahoma: 1.1 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Nebraska: 1.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
Jocelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1910s | 142 | #1,431 |
| 1920s | 472 | #779 |
| 1930s | 642 | #728 |
| 1940s | 688 | #889 |
| 1950s | 2,966 | #457 |
| 1960s | 2,765 | #492 |
| 1970s | 5,215 | #267 |
| 1980s | 8,787 | #238 |
| 1990s | 20,884 | #122 |
| 2000s | 38,389 | #50 |
| 2010s | 26,357 | #65 |
| 2020s | 5,748 | #269 |
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Questions
- Is Jocelyn a boy or girl name?
- Jocelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jocelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Jocelyn?
- 788 baby girls were named Jocelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 393rd most popular girl name.
- When was Jocelyn most popular?
- Jocelyn peaked in 2007, when 5,293 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #50 in 2007.
- How many people are named Jocelyn?
- 113,412 babies have been named Jocelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 109,872 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Jocelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jocelyn was most common in Nevada, at 1.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.