Yocelyn
Girl · YOH-seh-lin · Germanic
Yocelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Yocelyn mean?
Germanic: Latin American spelling of Jocelyn, from the Germanic name Gauzelin
Jocelyn began as a boy's name brought to England by the Normans.
- Say it
- YOH-seh-lin
Is Yocelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Yocelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yocelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Yocelyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Yocelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yocelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Yocelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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