Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jolyn

#4,497 most common girls' name of all time · #7,651 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1936–2025

Rank among girls
#4,497
Rank overall
#7,651 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
1,984
Since 2016
70
Peak year
1969 #1,702
Best rank
#1,673 1952
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
19401960198020002020

Jolyn first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 7 #12,097
2024 5 5 #15,575
2023 6 6 #13,679
2020 6 6 #13,650
2019 16 16 #7,082
2018 10 10 #9,927
2017 10 10 #10,056
2016 10 10 #10,205
2015 10 10 #10,266
2014 11 11 #9,602
2013 10 10 #10,334
2012 14 14 #8,276
2011 7 7 #13,521
2010 14 14 #8,325
2009 17 17 #7,403
2008 14 14 #8,594
2007 14 14 #8,604
2006 17 17 #7,192
2005 19 19 #6,301
2004 20 20 #6,018
2003 21 21 #5,632
2002 9 9 #10,359
2001 15 15 #7,027
2000 9 9 #9,992
1999 14 14 #6,918
1998 12 12 #7,625
1997 16 16 #5,937
1996 17 17 #5,580
1995 13 13 #6,718
1994 15 15 #6,056
1993 20 20 #4,863
1992 24 24 #4,273
1991 21 21 #4,690
1990 20 20 #4,746
1989 21 21 #4,405
1988 30 30 #3,250
1987 29 29 #3,193
1986 22 22 #3,806
1985 21 21 #3,905
1984 26 26 #3,263
1983 36 36 #2,531
1982 41 41 #2,389
1981 41 41 #2,391
1980 39 39 #2,462
1979 38 38 #2,445
1978 45 45 #2,108
1977 42 42 #2,198
1976 40 40 #2,152
1975 51 51 #1,821
1974 42 42 #2,014
1973 35 35 #2,244
1972 38 38 #2,073
1971 42 42 #2,025
1970 38 38 #2,138
1969 51 51 #1,702
1968 45 45 #1,771
1967 27 27 #2,354
1966 35 35 #1,970
1965 25 25 #2,443
1964 44 44 #1,774
1963 37 37 #1,941
1962 36 36 #1,935
1961 45 45 #1,714
1960 40 40 #1,806
1959 37 37 #1,846
1958 36 36 #1,847
1957 36 36 #1,833
1956 34 34 #1,863
1955 33 33 #1,866
1954 30 30 #1,945
1953 29 29 #1,922
1952 35 35 #1,673
1951 24 24 #2,056
1950 17 17 #2,516
1949 16 16 #2,596
1948 11 11 #3,315
1947 18 18 #2,434
1946 10 10 #3,396
1945 8 8 #3,646
1944 5 5 #5,057
1943 6 6 #4,612
1942 8 8 #3,696
1941 6 6 #4,359
1940 5 5 #4,928
1939 5 5 #4,850
1937 5 5 #4,846
1936 5 5 #4,811