Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jocelyn

#344 most common girls' name of all time · #635 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among girls
#344
Rank overall
#635 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
113,412
Since 2016
12,782
Peak year
2007 #50
Best rank
#50 2007
Girls Boys peak 5,304/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jocelyn first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 788 — 788 #393
2024 813 — 813 #389
2023 890 — 890 #346
2022 1,017 — 1,017 #315
2021 1,093 — 1,093 #293
2020 1,147 — 1,147 #269
2019 1,520 — 1,520 #200
2018 1,560 — 1,560 #195
2017 1,843 — 1,843 #163
2016 2,105 6 2,111 #147
2015 2,453 — 2,453 #133
2014 2,764 — 2,764 #115
2013 3,152 — 3,152 #99
2012 3,232 5 3,237 #93
2011 3,731 — 3,731 #71
2010 3,997 — 3,997 #65
2009 4,118 10 4,128 #71
2008 4,372 8 4,380 #67
2007 5,293 11 5,304 #50
2006 4,370 6 4,376 #73
2005 3,681 16 3,697 #87
2004 3,743 16 3,759 #85
2003 3,718 6 3,724 #87
2002 3,521 6 3,527 #92
2001 2,827 6 2,833 #123
2000 2,746 10 2,756 #122
1999 2,477 12 2,489 #132
1998 2,583 12 2,595 #128
1997 2,621 10 2,631 #122
1996 2,509 9 2,518 #127
1995 2,193 13 2,206 #148
1994 2,059 11 2,070 #157
1993 1,926 22 1,948 #162
1992 1,843 16 1,859 #164
1991 1,355 10 1,365 #215
1990 1,318 8 1,326 #217
1989 1,081 16 1,097 #247
1988 1,104 15 1,119 #238
1987 979 7 986 #260
1986 851 7 858 #292
1985 869 10 879 #287
1984 869 6 875 #277
1983 723 6 729 #321
1982 741 11 752 #327
1981 809 7 816 #299
1980 761 5 766 #318
1979 721 13 734 #324
1978 827 7 834 #279
1977 938 7 945 #267
1976 424 — 424 #456
1975 400 5 405 #468
1974 389 — 389 #461
1973 356 — 356 #493
1972 351 — 351 #501
1971 396 — 396 #486
1970 413 — 413 #484
1969 390 — 390 #492
1968 324 — 324 #530
1967 260 — 260 #593
1966 297 — 297 #550
1965 292 — 292 #557
1964 262 — 262 #626
1963 267 — 267 #618
1962 222 — 222 #691
1961 223 — 223 #703
1960 228 — 228 #674
1959 241 — 241 #642
1958 306 — 306 #560
1957 353 — 353 #507
1956 404 — 404 #459
1955 383 — 383 #463
1954 304 — 304 #508
1953 308 — 308 #497
1952 255 — 255 #536
1951 276 — 276 #493
1950 136 — 136 #740
1949 97 — 97 #899
1948 79 — 79 #981
1947 72 — 72 #1,051
1946 70 — 70 #1,012
1945 72 — 72 #894
1944 47 — 47 #1,145
1943 73 — 73 #912
1942 62 — 62 #995
1941 60 — 60 #954
1940 56 — 56 #962
1939 73 — 73 #809
1938 44 — 44 #1,088
1937 50 — 50 #1,000
1936 72 — 72 #798
1935 51 — 51 #972
1934 75 — 75 #779
1933 63 — 63 #850
1932 62 — 62 #897
1931 85 — 85 #732
1930 67 — 67 #888
1929 80 — 80 #786
1928 64 — 64 #934
1927 63 — 63 #960
1926 45 — 45 #1,143
1925 48 — 48 #1,116
1924 44 — 44 #1,202
1923 46 — 46 #1,139
1922 24 — 24 #1,768
1921 33 — 33 #1,430
1920 25 — 25 #1,693
1919 23 — 23 #1,726
1918 20 — 20 #1,935
1917 27 — 27 #1,458
1916 24 — 24 #1,567
1915 11 — 11 #2,615
1914 10 — 10 #2,353
1913 9 — 9 #2,267
1912 8 — 8 #2,283
1911 5 — 5 #2,677
1910 5 — 5 #2,603
1900 6 — 6 #1,911