Girls' name · since 1999
Jocellyn
55 babies named Jocellyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 55
- total births
- 1999–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
Jocellyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jocellyn has been recorded 55 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2012.
- 55 total births
- 1999–2012 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 65% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jocellyn's 55 recorded births place it above 53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jocellyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jocellyn's full recorded timeline at 2006, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jocellyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2012
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Jocellyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Jocellyn's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Jocellyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Jocellyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2010s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jocellyn: Baby Name Since 1999 - 55 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jocellyn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jocellyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.