Joelyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Joelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 735 babies named Joelyn between 1931 and 2021, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joelyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joelyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joelyn 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 735 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.