Girls' name · peaked in 2007

Jocelyn name popularity since 1925

113,092 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jocelyn. Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Jocelyn is about 22 years old in 2026. Jocelyn peaked in 2007 as the #50 name for girls, and it ranked #393 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 113,092; Named Jocelyn, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2007; #50 for girls that year
Typical age: About 22; Median birth year 2004
In 2025: #393; for girls in 2025 (788 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.7% girls; 112,741 girls · 351 boys
Most popular in: Nevada; 2.58× its national share

Peak year is the year Jocelyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Jocelyn births per year, 1925–2025

2007 was the biggest year for Jocelyn both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, Jocelyn became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 4,330 baby girls to 1 in 1,630.
Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 557 to 1 in 1,090.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jocelyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jocelyn.

Decade by decade

Babies named Jocelyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	300	0	–
1930s	642	0	#968
1940s	688	0	#890
1950s	2,966	0	#463
1960s	2,765	0	#557
1970s	5,215	32	#468
1980s	8,787	90	#287
1990s	20,884	123	#148
2000s	38,389	95	#87
2010s	26,357	11	#133
2020–25	5,748	0	#393

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

50.5% of babies named Jocelyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Jocelyn is most popular

The index compares Jocelyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jocelyn.

State	Index	Babies
Nevada	2.58×	1,018
California	2.25×	26,390
Arizona	1.92×	2,753
Texas	1.48×	12,803
Utah	1.39×	1,308

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Jocelyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Jocelyn (this page)	112,741	2007
Jocelynn	6,725	2010
Jocelin	2,612	2007

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jocelyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jocelyn.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Jocelyn (2007).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data