Jocelyne
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOS-a-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Jocelyne is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Jocelyne mean?
Germanic: French spelling of Jocelyn, from Gautselin
“one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”
Jocelyn was a man's name brought to England by the Normans before becoming a girl's name in the 20th century.
Is Jocelyne a girl's or a boy's name?
Jocelyne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jocelyne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Jocelyne, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 461 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Jocelyne in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jocelyne in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,458 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,992 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,844 |
| 2007 | 166 | #1,424 |
| 2006 | 132 | #1,615 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,614 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,641 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,736 |
| 2000 | 185 | #1,102 |
| 1999 | 240 | #888 |
| 1998 | 239 | #884 |
| 1997 | 386 | #593 |
| 1996 | 461 | #513 |
| 1995 | 351 | #622 |
| 1994 | 105 | #1,491 |
| 1993 | 69 | #2,007 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Nicknames for Jocelyne
Names like Jocelyne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Giselle, Jasmine, Jade, Avery, Gabrielle, Arielle, Alina, Selene, Madison, Juliette, Annalise, Abigail
Names related to Jocelyne
Jocelyn, Jocelynn, Jacelyn, Jocelin, Joceline, Jocelynne, Jacquelyne, Joclyn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jocelyne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jocelyne, updated 20 October 2026.