How rare is the name Jocelyne?

4,916 people in the United States have the first name Jocelyne, about 1 in 61,438. It ranks #3,966 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOCELYNE

#3,966

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,916
About
1 in 61,438
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,916 people named Jocelyne, 55.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% as White and 19.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jocelyne peaked in 1996, when 461 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
461
In 2025*
11 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,228 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.

Jocelyne by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,734. The largest share of babies named Jocelyne, 55.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#9,04222
1950s#6,99471
1960s#8,63256
1970s#9,59477
1980s#6,933175
1990s#1,7341,949
2000s#2,8731,226
2010s#5,146571
2020s#13,37881
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.4%
Generation X 1965–803%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1255.3%
2013 and later9.6%

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 Jocelyne is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jocelyne has been most common in California (5.6×), Nevada (4.5×), and Texas (3.1×), and least common in New York (0.31×).

2,941 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 Jocelyne

#3,964 Rakesh · 4,920#3,965 Jacinta · 4,919#3,967 Elly · 4,914#3,968 Shyann · 4,911

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jocelyne, most common first.

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#1,772 Joselyn · 16,968#3,571 Joycelyn · 5,761#3,849 Joseline · 5,114#3,984 Jocelynn · 4,884#6,615 Jocelin · 2,406#7,760 Joscelyn · 1,931#8,445 Joceline · 1,716

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