Jolyn
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,984since 1936
Jolyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jolyn 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,516 | 36 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 |
| 1975 | #1,807 | 51 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #2,223 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,917 | 36 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Jolyn! It came in at #4,181, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jolyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jolyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
- 1,784 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1952 at #1,641 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 42 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 28,586
- Highest: 1 in 28,586 girls born in 1975 were named Jolyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,641 in 1952, was only 1 in 52,981 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.7% of all girls named Jolyn (411) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 15 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,229 |
| 1940s | 93 | #2,354 (1947) | #3,513 |
| 1950s | 311 | #1,641 (1952) | #1,900 |
| 1960s | 385 | #1,685 (1969) | #1,920 |
| 1970s | 411 | #1,807 (1975) | #2,105 |
| 1980s | 306 | #2,369 (1982) | #3,129 |
| 1990s | 172 | #4,236 (1992) | #5,680 |
| 2000s | 155 | #5,586 (2003) | #7,641 |
| 2010s | 112 | #7,025 (2019) | #9,661 |
| 2020s | 24 | #11,932 (2025) | #13,535 |
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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