Joellyn
- Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 24 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 861since 1934
Joellyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Joellyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
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First appearance
1934
The first year at least five girls were named Joellyn! It came in at #2,567, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Joellyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Joellyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1946 at #1,860 (24 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 65,176
- Highest: 1 in 65,176 girls born in 1955 were named Joellyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,860 in 1946, was only 1 in 65,471 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 26.6% of all girls named Joellyn (229) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 41 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,209 |
| 1940s | 165 | #1,860 (1946) | #2,359 |
| 1950s | 229 | #1,940 (1955) | #2,250 |
| 1960s | 213 | #2,252 (1963) | #2,744 |
| 1970s | 125 | #3,266 (1971) | #4,944 |
| 1980s | 60 | #7,111 (1988) | #8,116 |
| 1990s | 23 | #10,193 (1990) | #12,183 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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