Jolyn
Jolyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196951 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1936
- 1,977people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,977 girls have been named Jolyn in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 51 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | |
| 1940s | 93 | |
| 1950s | 311 | |
| 1960s | 385 | |
| 1970s | 411 | |
| 1980s | 306 | |
| 1990s | 172 | |
| 2000s | 155 | |
| 2010s | 112 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Jolyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Jolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Renaepeak 1970
- Milindapeak 1972
- Janapeak 1961
- Jolynnpeak 1962
- Joleenpeak 1974
- Robynpeak 1964
- Lesliepeak 1957
- Kendapeak 1964
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.