Jocilyn — girls' name
383 babies named Jocilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
383 girls have been named Jocilyn since 1980, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 383
- total births
- 1980–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Jocilyn was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Jocilyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jocilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Jocilyn between 1980 and 2018, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jocilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jocilyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jocilyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jocilyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jocilyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 383 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jocilyn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jocilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1980
- Peak year (2009)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
383 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 28 births in a single year.
Jocilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 168 births that decade — 44% of Jocilyn's all-time total
Jocilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jocilyn's strongest decade
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Jocilyn by state
Where Jocilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 383 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.