Girls' name · since 1977
Joscelyne
Joscelyne has 117 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 117
- total births
- 1977–2013
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
Joscelyne is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 117 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Joscelyne recorded 117 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2013.
- 117 total births
- 1977–2013 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 35% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joscelyne's 117 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joscelyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joscelyne's full recorded timeline at 2000, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joscelyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2013
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Joscelyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Joscelyne's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Joscelyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Joscelyne's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2010s (19) -- 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, 1977–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joscelyne: Baby Name Since 1977 - 117 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joscelyne. 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 Joscelyne 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.