Description of the name "Jocelyn"

Jocelyn is most popular name in California of US for all generations. And most popular Girl name of Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) in West. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Girl name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for female in MidWest, stalled for female in Northeast, stalled for female in South, stalled for female in West, and stalled for female in MidWeststalled for female in Northeaststalled for female in Southfalling for female in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Jocelyn'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Jocelyn'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Jocelyn"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Jocelyn" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 1342nd out of 1539 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 874th out of 1429 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 610th out of 1441 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 444th out of 1550 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 212th out of 1589 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 89th out of 1586 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 168th out of 1328 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

TOP(%) MidWest Northeast South West
G.I. Generation
(1901~1927)
- - - -
Silent Generation
(1928~1945)
- - - -
Baby Boomers
(1946~1964)
- - - -
Generation X (Gen X)
(1965~1980)
- 93.38%
268th/287
- 88.25%
338th/383
Millennials (Gen Y)
(1981~1996)
66.20%
190th/287
86.39%
254th/294
91.76%
345th/376
33.92%
134th/395
Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)
(1997~2012)
32.75%
112th/342
44.00%
154th/350
24.27%
108th/445
9.91%
46th/464
Generation Alpha
(2013~2023)
69.04%
194th/281
64.52%
200th/310
46.21%
177th/383
30.05%
128th/426
 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.