Is Jocelin a boy or girl name?

Jocelin is a girl’s name. Of the 2,612 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Jocelin

Recorded 1966–2025 · United States

Jocelin was most popular in 2007, when 180 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,359 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,612 people named Jocelin.

Jocelin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jocelin’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jocelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jocelin is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,612 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jocelin

Where Jocelin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org