Joscelyne — girls' name
117 babies named Joscelyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Joscelyne was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Joscelyne in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joscelyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Joscelyne between 1977 and 2013, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joscelyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joscelyne performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joscelyne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joscelyne 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 117 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.
Joscelyne at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joscelyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1977
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
117 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 8 births in a single year.
Joscelyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 41 births that decade — 35% of Joscelyne's all-time total
Joscelyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joscelyne's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–2013 (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.