Girls' name · since 1937
Joycelynn
Joycelynn has 588 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,139 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 588
- born since 1937
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joycelynn is the #15139 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 588 recorded since 1937.
Joycelynn has 588 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15139 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 2025.
- #10,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,139 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 588 born since 1937
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joycelynn ranks #10,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,139 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 588 born since 1937, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,139 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 588
- born since 1937
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joycelynn's 588 recorded births place it above 85.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Joycelynn compares
588 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joycelynn's all-time total is 56% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joycelynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 588 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joycelynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joycelynn splits its recorded history at 1992: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joycelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Joycelynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (123 births, 21% of the file).
2010s was Joycelynn's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Joycelynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (21% of all-time use).
How Joycelynn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joycelynn's total volume
Joycelynn by state
Where Joycelynn concentrates geographically, total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 2.6% |
15 of 588 births nationwide.
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What to do with Joycelynn's data
- Joycelynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (123 total births) through the 2020s (58) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Joycelynns (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joycelynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1937–2025 (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 Joycelynn 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.