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How popular is “Joelyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Joelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Joelyn” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Joelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Joelyn” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Joelyn” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Joelyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Joelyn” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 7 0.000001943 7 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1950 9 0.000002569 9 100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 13 0.000003145 13 100%
1959 11 0.000002646 11 100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 10 0.000002526 10 100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 100%
1988 8 0.000002165 8 100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 100%
2004 10 0.000002617 10 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 16 0.000004002 16 100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 6 0.000001619 6 100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 8 0.000002237 8 100%
2018 5 0.000001422 5 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 8 0.000002361 8 100%

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