Jolyon — boys' name
31 babies named Jolyon in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Jolyon was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jolyon in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jolyon
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Jolyon between 1970 and 2014, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jolyon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolyon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jolyon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jolyon 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 31 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.
Jolyon at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jolyon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1970
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
31 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Jolyon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 19 births that decade — 61% of Jolyon's all-time total
Jolyon decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jolyon's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.