Yocelyn
Yocelyn was the 13142nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2247th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,171 places. More babies were named Yocelyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #13,142 girls, down 1,037 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200788 babies
- Total since 1880
- 931babies recorded
Yocelyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,142 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,105 | 8 |
| 2010 | #3,688 | 43 |
| 2000 | #4,076 | 31 |
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How popular is Yocelyn, counting every spelling?
Yocelyn is a spelling of Yoselin, a name family that ranked #1,474 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #13,142 for Yocelyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 127 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoselin | 95 | #2,016 | 547 |
| Yoselyn | 12 | #8,839 | 110 |
| Yocelyn | 7 | #13,142 | 47 |
| Yosselin | 13 | #8,342 | 46 |
| Yocelin | — | — | 35 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Yocelyn?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yocelyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Yocelyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yocelyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yocelyn?
About 900 people born in the US named Yocelyn are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 15 and 25. That makes Yocelyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Yocelyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yocelyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Yocelyn
How popular is the name Yocelyn?
Yocelyn was the 13142nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2247th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,171 places. More babies were named Yocelyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Yocelyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Yocelyn in the US.