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 stalled, 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 West, and stalled 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 where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Data are missing for 4 years where the name Howard is not in the top 1000 most popular names. Name data are 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 1251st out of 1436 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 820th out of 1316 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 585th out of 1355 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 436th out of 1451 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 213th out of 1494 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 87th out of 1518 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 163rd out of 1241 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and regions

In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 276th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980) of West, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 327th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 190th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 262nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of South, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 349th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996) of West, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 135th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 113th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 152nd out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of South, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 109th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012) of West, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 45th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of MidWest, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 189th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of Northeast, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 197th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of South, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 170th out of 1241 names of Girl.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023) of West, the popularity of name "Jocelyn" is 124th out of 1241 names of Girl.
 
 

Popularities by states

In here, popularity refers to the value obtained by dividing the number of births with that name in a particular state by the total number of births in that state. Therefore, it represents an absolute value of popularity unaffected by population.