Girl
Jocelyn
Jocelyn is a girl's name meaning "Germanic tribal name Gauzelin, of the Gauts (Goths)", drawing on Germanic roots. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
GermanicGermanic tribal name "Gauzelin" – "of the Gauts (Goths)"
EtymologyAlso popularly read as "joyous"
Births by decade
1900s
6
1910s
142
1920s
472
1930s
642
1940s
687
1950s
2,965
1960s
2,766
1970s
5,250
1980s
8,875
1990s
21,003
2000s
38,467
2010s
23,233
Peaked in the 2000s · 104,508 total U.S. births since 1900