How rare is the name Jocelynn?

4,884 people in the United States have the first name Jocelynn, about 1 in 61,841. It ranks #3,984 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

JOCELYNN

#3,984

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,884
About
1 in 61,841
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,884 people named Jocelynn, 45.1% reported their origin as White, 37.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jocelynn peaked in 2010, when 392 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
392
In 2025*
85 ▼78%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,725 babies have been given the name since 1955. 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.

Jocelynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,788. The largest share of babies named Jocelynn, 55.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,26017
1960s#11,61024
1970s#8,79390
1980s#5,579244
1990s#3,193766
2000s#1,8712,284
2010s#1,7882,737
2020s#3,703563
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–9610%
Generation Z 1997–1255.6%
2013 and later32.3%

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 Jocelynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jocelynn has been most common in Arizona (3.2×), Texas (2.9×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.36×).

4,631 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.

Exactly as common as Jocelynn

3 other first names also have 4,884 people.

#3,984 Jasmyn · 4,884#3,984 Shameka · 4,884#3,984 Yoel · 4,884

Either side of Jocelynn

#3,983 Amare · 4,887#3,984 Jasmyn · 4,884#3,984 Shameka · 4,884#3,984 Yoel · 4,884

Spelled almost the same

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

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#1,772 Joselyn · 16,968#3,571 Joycelyn · 5,761#3,966 Jocelyne · 4,916#6,335 Joslynn · 2,547#6,615 Jocelin · 2,406#7,760 Joscelyn · 1,931#8,445 Joceline · 1,716

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