Joscelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOSS-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Joscelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Joscelyn mean?
Germanic: from Gauzelin, based on the Gauts tribe; via Norman French
Originally a masculine name brought to England by the Normans, it became mainly feminine in the 20th century.
Is Joscelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Joscelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joscelyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joscelyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joscelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Joscelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Joscelyn, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
2025 had fewer girls named Joscelyn than any year since 1975.
Half of all the girls named Joscelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joscelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 117 | #1,815 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 83 | #2,203 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 73 | #2,298 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Nicknames for Joscelyn
Names like Joscelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Robyn, Autumn, Chloe, Zoe, Mia, Erin, Amelie, Lily, Hannah, Aubrey, Jocelyn
Names related to Joscelyn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Joscelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joscelyn, updated 20 October 2026.