Joycelyn

Where Joycelyn comes from

Joycelyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,552 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Joycelyn Elders born
    American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States
  3. 1935
    Peak, #705
    91 babies named Joycelyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,064.
  5. 1986
    Joycelyn Ko born
    badminton player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Joycelyn Elders · American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the United States, born 1933
  • Joycelyn Ko · badminton player, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.