Yocelyn — #10520 US girls' name
924 babies named Yocelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Yocelyn was born in this single decade.
88 babies were named Yocelyn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yocelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 924 babies named Yocelyn between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yocelyn currently holds the #10520 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 88 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yocelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 440 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yocelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 281 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Yocelyn in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yocelyn 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 924 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.
Yocelyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Yocelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2007)
- 88
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #10520 among girls.
924 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 88 births in a single year.
Yocelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 440 births that decade — 48% of Yocelyn's all-time total
Yocelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 440 births
- Runner-up 251 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yocelyn's strongest decade
440 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Yocelyn by state
Where Yocelyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 281 | 30.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 90 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 20 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
281 of 924 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.4% of nationwide
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.2% of nationwide
- Florida 1.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1987–2024 (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.