Joycelyn

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
#705
1935 · 91 births
Debut · girls
1916
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,622
since 1916

Joycelyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joycelyn has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #705, 1935girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,83816
2024#7,96713
2023#6,40918
2022#4,90727
2021#5,57322
2020#5,48722
2019#3,78839
2018#4,88927
2017#4,06636
2016#5,13026
2015#7,26616
2014#5,02527
2013#4,54331
2012#4,12136
2011#5,06327
2010#4,30634
2009#4,37034
2008#3,52946
2007#3,37649
2006#2,43876
2005#3,05252
2004#3,49042
2003#3,18746
2002#3,01448
2001#3,31641
2000#2,59357
1999#2,70351
1998#2,61452
1997#2,20062
1996#2,34056
1995#1,88074
1994#1,90574
1993#1,80181
1992#1,87675
1991#1,74083
1990#2,25856
1989#1,70180
1988#2,53942
1987#2,09852
1986#1,81662
1985#1,83361
1984#1,45979
1983#1,60869
1982#1,85058
1981#1,98553
1980#1,86358
1979#1,97752
1978#1,84154
1977#1,73659
1976#1,67758
1975#1,65558
1974#1,76051
1973#2,06439
1972#1,59457
1971#1,42773
1970#1,40774
1969#1,15393
1968#1,08396
1967#1,21976
1966#1,10291
1965#1,048100
1964#1,16789
1963#1,29073
1962#1,13892
1961#1,063106
1960#1,22080
1959#1,07997
1958#1,09592
1957#910125
1956#813149
1955#763156
1954#926108
1953#904108
1952#902105
1951#92199
1950#94889
1949#98283
1948#97779
1947#97981
1946#94677
1945#90469
1944#1,10450
1943#97566
1942#87378
1941#77986
1940#86867
1939#85767
1938#81175
1937#73485
1936#76478
1935#70591
1934#79471
1933#75676
1932#91359
1931#75079
1930#86768
1929#95956
1928#1,04152
1927#1,02356
1926#1,18142
1925#1,40933
1924#1,72325
1923#2,02119
1922#2,18617
1921#2,50914
1920#2,73112
1919#3,4528
1918#2,82211
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Joycelyn! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Joycelyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,129 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #6,838)
  • 1,351 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #6,838)
  • 428 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1945 (#1,104 → #904)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 1958 (#910 → #1,095)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1935 at #705 (91 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1929–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,523
  • Highest: 1 in 11,523 girls born in 1935 were named Joycelyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.0% of all girls named Joycelyn (1,128) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s26#2,822 (1918)#3,275
1920s326#959 (1929)#1,678
1930s749#705 (1935)#795
1940s736#779 (1941)#939
1950s1,128#763 (1955)#926
1960s896#1,048 (1965)#1,148
1970s575#1,407 (1970)#1,714
1980s614#1,459 (1984)#1,875
1990s664#1,740 (1991)#2,132
2000s491#2,438 (2006)#3,237
2010s299#3,788 (2019)#4,820
2020s118#4,907 (2022)#6,197

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Joycelyn in 1960

girls
#1,220
80 births · 1 in 25,274 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,220Joycelyn80
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 25,274 of them was named Joycelyn, which outranked 83.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joycelyn
  1. #1,212Socorro81
  2. #1,212Tonie81
  3. #1,212Vernell81
  4. #1,220Joycelyn80
  5. #1,220Bernita80
  6. #1,220Beulah80
  7. #1,220Elida80
  8. #1,227Cordelia79
  9. #1,227Dannette79
  10. #1,227Gary79

Tied with 6 names at #1,220; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →