Joelyn

Girl · recorded 1931–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1951best year

Most popular in 1951.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Joelyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1931

091719311954197619992021

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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 77 recorded years as a table
Joelyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19315
19326
19377
19385
19424
19434
19445
19456
19463
19474
19494
19505
195117
195210
19539
195410
195513
19566
19575
19586
19595
19606
19616
19623
19635
19648
19655
19664
19674
19686
19695
19708
19714
19727
19733
19747
197510
19763
19776
19803
19815
19824
19838
19845
19865
19875
19884
19903
19924
19933
19943
19954
19965
19973
19985
19993
20004
20017
20025
20038
20045
20054
20064
20078
20085
20099
20106
20119
20126
20138
20143
20154
20163
20175
20183
20204
20215

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joelyn 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
8
Rank in 2021
#11,146
How rare
1 in 205,107 girls
Since 1931
735

Joelyn was last recorded in 2021. 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 1951, at 17 per million girls born.

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

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