Rank 2025
#2,178
among girls · ↓17 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
85
named Jocelynn · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 18,909
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2010
392 babies
All-time total
6,725
#2,123 all-time among girls
First recorded
1955
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Jocelynn is most popular
Girls named Jocelynn per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.055 per 1,000.
Strongest in Ohio, Texas, and Oklahoma.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Jocelynn born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Jocelynn
Jocelynn is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,178 in 2025 with 85 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1955, 6,725 American babies have been named Jocelynn. Its peak came in 2010, when 392 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Jocelynn stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.