How Many People Are Named Jocelyn?
people named Jocelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,118 people in the US has this name
Based on 113,412 babies named Jocelyn in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,304 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Germanic masculine name, variously written as Gaudelenus, Gautselin, Gauzlin, along with many other spellings. It was derived from the Germanic element Gaut, which was from the name of the Germanic tribe the Gauts, combined with a Latin diminutive suffix. The Normans brought this name to England in the form Goscelin or Joscelin, and it was common until the 14th century. It was revived in the 20th century primarily as a feminine name, perhaps an adaptation of the surname Jocelyn (a medieval derivative of the given name). In France this is a masculine name only.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jocelyn (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jocelyn alive today is about 24 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jocelyn first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 2007, to 5,304 babies. In 2025, 788 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jocelyn never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #50, in 2007, and it was in the top 100 for 12 years, 2002 to 2013. In 2025 it ranked #393.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #393 |
| Best rank | #50 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | 12 (2002 to 2013) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #84 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jocelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jocelyn were born in California than in any other state: about 25,938 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jocelyn was given 1.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.7 times in California and 1.7 times in Hawaii.
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