first name
JOCELYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 98,533 people named Jocelyn, 44.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 34% as White and 9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jocelyn peaked in 2007, when 5,304 babies got the name.
At least 113,412 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jocelyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #194. The largest share of babies named Jocelyn, 50.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jocelyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jocelyn has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), California (2.4×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Wyoming (0.22×).
109,320 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jocelyn
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jocelyn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jocelyn ranks #34,057 of 156,621, with 718 people. See Jocelyn as a last name
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