Joycelyn
Girl · JOYS-lin · Germanic
Joycelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Joycelyn mean?
Germanic: spelling of Jocelyn influenced by Joyce
“one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”
A spelling of Jocelyn influenced by the name Joyce.
- Say it
- JOYS-lin
Is Joycelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Joycelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joycelyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 girls.
Joycelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Joycelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Joycelyn, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1955, with 156 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Joycelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joycelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,875 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,797 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,734 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 80 | #1,697 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 58 | #1,863 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,977 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,677 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,655 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,760 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,594 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,427 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 93 | #1,153 |
| 1968 | 96 | #1,083 |
| 1967 | 76 | #1,219 |
| 1966 | 91 | #1,102 |
| 1965 | 100 | #1,048 |
| 1964 | 89 | #1,167 |
| 1963 | 73 | #1,290 |
| 1962 | 92 | #1,138 |
| 1961 | 106 | #1,063 |
| 1960 | 80 | #1,219 |
| 1959 | 97 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | 92 | #1,094 |
| 1957 | 125 | #909 |
| 1956 | 149 | #812 |
| 1955 | 156 | #762 |
| 1954 | 108 | #925 |
| 1953 | 108 | #903 |
| 1952 | 105 | #901 |
| 1951 | 99 | #920 |
| 1950 | 89 | #947 |
| 1949 | 83 | #981 |
| 1948 | 79 | #976 |
| 1947 | 81 | #978 |
| 1946 | 77 | #945 |
| 1945 | 69 | #904 |
| 1944 | 50 | #1,103 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 86 | #779 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 67 | #857 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 |
| 1937 | 85 | #734 |
| 1936 | 78 | #764 |
| 1935 | 91 | #705 |
| 1934 | 71 | #794 |
| 1933 | 76 | #756 |
| 1932 | 59 | #913 |
| 1931 | 79 | #750 |
| 1930 | 68 | #867 |
| 1929 | 56 | #959 |
| 1928 | 52 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,181 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
Nicknames for Joycelyn
- Joy 84 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Joycelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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