Joellyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Joellyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 861 babies named Joellyn between 1934 and 2000, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joellyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joellyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Joellyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Joellyn in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joellyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 861 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.