Joellyn

Girl · recorded 1934–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1955best year

Most popular in 1955.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1934

081519341951196719842000

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Joellyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
193411
19357
19369
19388
19395
19409
19418
19429
194314
194410
19459
194615
194713
194810
194915
195013
195112
195212
195312
195410
195515
195612
195712
195811
195910
196012
196111
196211
196315
196410
196511
196612
196713
196813
19698
197010
197112
197211
197312
197412
19758
19767
19783
19796
19805
19815
19824
19833
19845
19854
19874
19886
19904
19923
19933
19943
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joellyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#15,031
How rare
1 in 363,207 girls
Since 1934
861

Joellyn was last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1955, at 15 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Joellyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.