Joyanna vs Joylynn
American parents have registered 772 Joyannas since 1880, against 561 Joylynns. But in 2025 it was Joylynn that was commoner, 7 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Joyanna Joylynn
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 71 years in which either name was published, Joyanna for 36 years and Joylynn for 35 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1946–1982 Joylynn ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1988–2024 Joyanna ahead, apart from 3 short spells
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Joyanna | Joylynn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 772 | 561 |
| Most in one year | 42 | 16 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 760 | 530 |
| Median age today | 15 | 38 |
| Peak year | 2014 | 1984 |
| Best rank | 3,652nd girls | 4,478th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 11,932nd |
| First recorded | 1966 | 1946 |
| Girls / boys | 772 / 0 | 561 / 0 |
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.
Which name is older
Half of the Joylynns alive today are over 38; half the Joyannas are over 15. That is 23 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Joyanna and Joylynn.