Girls' name · since 1944
Jolynne
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 474 babies named Jolynne, peaking in 1964. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jolynne sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 474 recorded since 1944.
Jolynne has 474 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2016.
- #12,256 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 474 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jolynne ranks #12,256 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 474 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,256 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 474
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jolynne's 474 recorded births place it above 83.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jolynne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jolynne's full recorded timeline at 1972, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jolynne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2016
- Peak year (1964)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Jolynne by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (145 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Jolynne's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jolynne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
- 1950s
1950s
89 births
- 1960s
1960s
145 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 145 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Jolynne's decade-level peak was the 1960s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jolynne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1944–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jolynne draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.