Joycelyn
Joycelyn was the 6971st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 708th; the most babies were born in 1955 (156). Over the last ten years it has moved up 460 places. More babies were named Joycelyn in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,971 girls, down 1,414 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1955156 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,622babies recorded
Joycelyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,971 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,557 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,346 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,613 | 57 |
| 1990 | #2,270 | 56 |
| 1980 | #1,875 | 58 |
| 1970 | #1,411 | 74 |
| 1960 | #1,223 | 80 |
| 1950 | #951 | 89 |
| 1940 | #870 | 67 |
| 1930 | #872 | 68 |
| 1920 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Joycelyn, counting every spelling?
Joycelyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 21 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joycelyn | 16 | #6,971 | 96 |
| Joycelynn | 5 | #15,993 | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Joycelyn?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Joycelyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Joycelyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Joycelyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Joycelyn?
About 4,900 people born in the US named Joycelyn are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 32 and 69. That makes Joycelyn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Joycelyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Joycelyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Joycelyn
How popular is the name Joycelyn?
Joycelyn was the 6971st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 708th; the most babies were born in 1955 (156). Over the last ten years it has moved up 460 places. More babies were named Joycelyn in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Joycelyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Joycelyn in the US.