How popular is the name Jocelyn?

Jocelyn ranks 315th among girls' names in US records, with 128,348 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 16,479.

Is Jocelyn a unisex name?

No. Jocelyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2007, when 6,118 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#315 of girl names

Pronounced JH AO1 S L IH2 N (ARPABET)

Jocelyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1900. It has been given to 128,348 children — the 315th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 63% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 6,118 children were given it.

2007Girls: 6,118Boys: 11

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jocelyn?: Jocelyn ranks 315th among girls' names in US records, with 128,348 births since 1900. Over the past decade it accounts for 16,479.
Is Jocelyn a unisex name?: No. Jocelyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jocelyn most popular?: 2007, when 6,118 children were given the name. It has been in use for 125 years and is still recorded as of 2024.