Joline vs Jolyn

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Joline Jolyn

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 104 years in which either name was published, Joline for 57 years and Jolyn for 47 years. The lead changed hands 27 times.

• 1918–1956 Joline ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1957–1983 Jolyn ahead, apart from 4 short spells
• 1984–1986 Joline ahead
• 1992–1999 Jolyn ahead
• 2005–2016 Joline ahead, apart from one short spell
• 2017–2025 Jolyn ahead, apart from one short spell

15 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Where each one is strongest

• Joline Maine (127.1×), California (2.9×), New York (0.9×)
• Jolyn Utah (38.2×), California (4.0×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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