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Jocelyn

Used in both girl and boy records

Jocelyn appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Jocelyn by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDJocelyn as a girl’s nameUS records 1900–2024
#315girl rank2007peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDJocelyn as a boy’s nameUS records 1975–2016
#8395boy rank1993peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

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Trace the annual recorded uses of Jocelyn in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl20075,292 uses#5020071900–2020112 listed years
Boy199322 uses#304219931975–201636 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.