Girls' name · since 1987
Yocelyn
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 931 babies named Yocelyn, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 931
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yocelyn is the #12316 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 931 recorded since 1987.
Yocelyn has 931 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12316 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #7,893 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,316 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 931 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yocelyn ranks #7,893 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,316 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 931 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 931
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yocelyn's 931 recorded births place it above 89.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yocelyn compares
931 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yocelyn's all-time total is 148% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yocelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 931 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yocelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yocelyn's full recorded timeline at 2008, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 88 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yocelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Yocelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (440 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Yocelyn's strongest decade.
440 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Yocelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
180 births
- 2000s
2000s
440 births
- 2010s
2010s
251 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 440 births (47% of all-time use).
How Yocelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yocelyn's total volume
Yocelyn by state
Where Yocelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 281 | 30.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 90 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
281 of 931 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Yocelyn's data
- Yocelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (440 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yocelyns (281 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Yocelyn
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yocelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Yocelyn 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 August 2026.