How rare is the name Jolynn?

4,668 people in the United States have the first name Jolynn, about 1 in 64,703. It ranks #4,121 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JOLYNN

#4,121

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,668
About
1 in 64,703
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,668 people named Jolynn, 78.7% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jolynn peaked in 1962, when 107 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19352025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
107
In 2025*
17 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,620 babies have been given the name since 1935. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jolynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,865. The largest share of babies named Jolynn, 29.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#8,48023
1940s#3,489190
1950s#2,213584
1960s#1,865939
1970s#2,195819
1980s#2,909637
1990s#5,088386
2000s#5,677459
2010s#6,196437
2020s#9,096146
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–6425.8%
Generation X 1965–8029.2%
Millennials 1981–9618.2%
Generation Z 1997–1215%
2013 and later9.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jolynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jolynn has been most common in Utah (8.2×), Texas (3.5×), and Iowa (3.4×), and least common in New York (0.33×).

1,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jolynn

1 other first name also has 4,668 people.

#4,121 Paulino · 4,668

Either side of Jolynn

#4,119 Lillianna · 4,670#4,120 Darron · 4,669#4,121 Paulino · 4,668#4,123 Carin · 4,666

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jolynn, most common first.

#7,915 Jolyn · 1,869#17,930 Jolynne · 607#18,007 Joylynn · 603#28,678 Jolyne · 312#30,234 Joelynn · 289#45,015 Jolyon · 152

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