The name Jocelyn is of Old French origin, and means happy or joyful.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jocelyn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jocelyn
Use of the Name Jocelyn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
58,348
55,768
46,112
28,846
16,484
7,410
3,703
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jocelyn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jocelyn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1927, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jocelyn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1927
951
63
1928
928
64
1929
783
80
1930
885
67
1931
738
84
1932
885
63
1933
845
63
1934
778
75
1935
968
51
1936
799
71
1937
986
51
1938
1939
805
73
1940
961
56
1941
952
60
1942
995
62
1943
908
73
1944
1945
904
70
1946
1947
1948
980
79
1949
900
97
1950
735
136
1951
493
276
1952
535
256
1953
496
308
1954
511
302
1955
462
384
1956
461
402
1957
508
352
1958
558
307
1959
644
241
1960
672
228
1961
703
223
1962
692
222
1963
618
266
1964
626
262
1965
557
292
1966
546
298
1967
593
260
1968
531
324
1969
494
389
1970
484
412
1971
485
396
1972
500
352
1973
493
355
1974
465
387
1975
468
399
1976
456
422
1977
266
938
1978
279
826
1979
325
719
1980
317
760
1981
299
808
1982
327
740
1983
322
720
1984
276
869
1985
287
871
1986
290
846
1987
258
982
1988
238
1,102
1989
248
1,078
1990
218
1,315
1991
215
1,355
1992
165
1,835
1993
162
1,927
1994
157
2,058
1995
148
2,186
1996
127
2,507
1997
122
2,614
1998
128
2,581
1999
132
2,474
2000
122
2,740
2001
123
2,823
2002
92
3,511
2003
87
3,707
2004
84
3,703
Totals:
58,348
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jocelyn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jocelyn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 74 times during the last 125 years.