Jolynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-LIN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Jolynn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Jolynn mean?
Modern: blend of Jo and Lynn
A 20th-century American blend of Jo, short for names like Josephine, and Lynn.
Is Jolynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jolynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jolynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Jolynn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 107 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jolynn than any year since 1946.
Half of all the girls named Jolynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jolynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,608 |
| 1981 | 83 | #1,455 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,307 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,239 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 76 | #1,325 |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,221 |
| 1970 | 101 | #1,144 |
| 1969 | 104 | #1,087 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 74 | #1,239 |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,189 |
| 1965 | 92 | #1,089 |
| 1964 | 96 | #1,119 |
| 1963 | 94 | #1,126 |
| 1962 | 107 | #1,043 |
| 1961 | 96 | #1,122 |
| 1960 | 99 | #1,080 |
| 1959 | 91 | #1,117 |
| 1958 | 88 | #1,128 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,444 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 55 | #1,284 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,480 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
Nicknames for Jolynn
Names like Jolynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jolene, Jocelyn, Lauren, Kayla, Michelle, Holly, Allison, Jamie, Jennifer, Robin, Janelle, Nicole
Names related to Jolynn
Jaelynn, Jailynn, Jalynn, Jolyne, Jlynn, Joylynn, Jolin, Joelynn
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, “Jolynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jolynn, updated 20 October 2026.