Jolynn — #6184 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jolynn

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,603 babies named Jolynn between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jolynn currently holds the #6184 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 107 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolynn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 939 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jolynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 395 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Jolynn in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jolynn 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 4,603 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.