Jozelyn
A feminine name of Spanish origins meaning "valley of light".
Name Census estimates that about 358 living Americans carry the first name Jozelyn. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jozelyn today is around 18 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jozelyn births was 2008 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jozelyn. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
358
~ 1 in 957,414 Americans
Peak year
2008
28 babies that year
Average age
18
years old
2020 SSA rank
#11,550
Tracked since 1994
Census
Jozelyn in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 343 people with the first name Jozelyn, which placed it at #26,904 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,904
National first-name rank
People counted
343
343 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
51.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jozelyn
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jozelyn is Hispanic at 51.9%. The next largest groups are White (29.7%) and Black (9.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jozelyn described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jozelyn at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino51.9% · 178
- White29.7% · 102
- Black or African American9.6% · 33
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.8% · 13
- Two or more races3.5% · 12
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.5% · 5
Popularity
Jozelyn: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jozelyn from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 171 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jozelyn by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jozelyn during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jozelyns live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jozelyn
The name Jozelyn is a variant spelling of the English name Jocelyn, which has its origins in the French name Joscelin or Goscelin. This name can be traced back to the Germanic roots "gau" meaning region or district, and "sali" meaning a hall or dwelling.
Jocelyn was originally a masculine name that gained popularity in Normandy during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded examples of the name is Joscelin de Courtenay, a nobleman and military leader who lived in the late 12th century and participated in the Third Crusade.
The name Jocelyn was also used by several notable figures in medieval literature and religious texts. In the 12th century, a monk named Jocelin of Furness wrote a biography of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Additionally, the name appears in the medieval romance "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," where a character named Sir Gawain's son is referred to as Jocelyn.
During the Renaissance period, the name Jocelyn began to be used as a feminine name as well. One of the earliest recorded examples of a woman named Jocelyn is Jocelyn Percy, Countess of Northumberland, who lived in the 16th century.
In the 19th century, the name Jocelyn gained further popularity as a feminine name, particularly in Britain and France. One notable bearer of the name was Jocelyn Hervey, an English author and socialite born in 1829.
Throughout history, there have been several other notable individuals named Jocelyn or variations of the name. These include Jocelyn Brooke (1908-1966), an English novelist and travel writer, and Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943), an Irish astrophysicist who co-discovered the first radio pulsars.
While the spelling "Jozelyn" is less common, it has been used as a variant form of the name, particularly in recent times. Some examples of individuals named Jozelyn include Jozelyn Salido, a Mexican volleyball player, and Jozelyn Lilly, an American actress and model.
People
Jozelyn + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jozelyn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jozelyn: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jozelyn?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 358 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jozelyn going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 957,414 US residents.
Is Jozelyn a common name?
We classify Jozelyn as "Very Rare". It ranks above 81.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 363 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jozelyn most popular?
The single biggest year for Jozelyn was 2008, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jozelyn is about 18 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jozelyn in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 343 people with the name Jozelyn, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,904 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jozelyn in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jozelyn?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jozelyn appears almost entirely female. Of the 343 people counted with this name, 99.4% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jozelyn?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jozelyn is Hispanic at 51.9%. The next largest groups are White (29.7%) and Black (9.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jozelyn most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jozelyn in the 2020 Census, accounting for 51.9% (178 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jozelyn in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jozelyn a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jozelyn in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jozelyn still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jozelyn in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jozelyn can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Jozelyn?
See how many people share the name Jozelyn on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.