Joylyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Joylyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Joylyn come from?
Modern: spelling of Joylynn; blend of Joy and Lynn
Meaning borrowed from Joylynn.
Is Joylyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Joylyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joylyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Joylyn, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1977, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
2025 had more girls named Joylyn than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Joylyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joylyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
Nicknames for Joylyn
- Joy 84 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Joylyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jazlyn Jordyn Jocelyn Raelynn Jesslyn Jolene Jordan Ivy Hollyn Josie Jadelyn Jayleen
Names related to Joylyn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Joylyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joylyn, updated 20 October 2026.