Joylyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Joylyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Joylyn between 1936 and 2022, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joylyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joylyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Joylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Joylyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joylyn 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 400 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.