Over the past 110 years, 56 boys and 103 628 girls have been named Jocelyn. The name Jocelyn ranks 6843th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Jocelyn in 1988. The peak of popularity of the name Jocelyn came in the 1980s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.