Jolyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-LIN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jolyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Jolyn mean?
Modern: spelling of Jolynn; blend of Jo and Lynn
A 20th-century American blend of Jo, short for names like Josephine, and Lynn.
Meaning borrowed from Jolynn.
Is Jolyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jolyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jolyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jolyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
2025 had more girls named Jolyn than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Jolyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jolyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,135 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,685 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,747 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,788 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,819 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,834 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
Nicknames for Jolyn
Names like Jolyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jocelyn Jolene Michelle Robin Jamie Julie Jennifer Amy Holly Lauren Nicole Kayla
Names related to Jolyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jolyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jolyn, updated 20 October 2026.