Girls' name · since 1936
Joycelin
152 babies named Joycelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1936, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1936
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joycelin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 152 have been recorded since 1936.
Joycelin has 152 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2015.
- #22,637 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 152 born since 1936
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joycelin ranks #22,637 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 152 born since 1936, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1936
- 1990s
- peak decade
Joycelin's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Joycelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joycelin splits its recorded history at 1997: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joycelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2015
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Joycelin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (60 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Joycelin's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Joycelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60 births (39% of all-time use).
Joycelin by state
Where Joycelin concentrates geographically, total births since 1936
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 6 | 3.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
6 of 152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Joycelin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Joycelins (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joycelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1936–2015 (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 Joycelin 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.