Joycelyn — #8449 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joycelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,605 babies named Joycelyn between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joycelyn currently holds the #8449 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 156 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joycelyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Joycelyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 1,144 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Joycelyn in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joycelyn 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 6,605 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.