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How popular is “Jolyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jolyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jolyn” 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 “Jolyn” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Jolyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jolyn” 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
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1943 6 0.000002126 6 100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 8 0.000003016 8 100%
1946 10 0.00000313 10 100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 100%
1951 24 0.000006515 24 100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 100%
1953 29 0.000007525 29 100%
1954 30 0.000007536 30 100%
1955 33 0.000008219 33 100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 37 0.000008899 37 100%
1960 40 0.00000963 40 100%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 100%
1963 37 0.000009348 37 100%
1964 44 0.000011318 44 100%
1965 25 0.000006896 25 100%
1966 35 0.00001007 35 100%
1967 27 0.000007953 27 100%
1968 45 0.00001332 45 100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 100%
1970 38 0.000010536 38 100%
1971 42 0.000012236 42 100%
1972 38 0.00001209 38 100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 51 0.000016891 51 100%
1976 40 0.000013183 40 100%
1977 42 0.000013222 42 100%
1978 45 0.000014178 45 100%
1979 38 0.000011422 38 100%
1980 39 0.000011322 39 100%
1981 41 0.000011852 41 100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 100%
1983 36 0.000010395 36 100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 100%
1985 21 0.000005884 21 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 100%
1988 30 0.000008119 30 100%
1989 21 0.000005462 21 100%
1990 20 0.00000506 20 100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 100%
1993 20 0.000005305 20 100%
1994 15 0.000004035 15 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 17 0.000004661 17 100%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 100%
2001 15 0.000004007 15 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 21 0.000005523 21 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 17 0.000004297 17 100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 100%
2010 14 0.000003788 14 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 100%
2014 11 0.000002968 11 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 10 0.000002796 10 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2019 16 0.00000461 16 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 5 0.000001502 5 100%

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