Joye vs Joylynn
American parents have registered 3,481 Joyes since 1880, against 561 Joylynns. But in 2025 it was Joylynn that was commoner, 7 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Joye 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 116 years in which either name was published, Joye for 94 years and Joylynn for 22 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1907–1994 Joye ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2006–2016 Joylynn ahead
- 2017–2019 Joye ahead
- 2023–2025 Joylynn ahead
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Joye | Joylynn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,481 | 561 |
| Most in one year | 77 | 16 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 2,000 | 530 |
| Median age today | 65 | 38 |
| Peak year | 1932 | 1984 |
| Best rank | 768th girls | 4,478th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 13,208th | 11,932nd |
| First recorded | 1907 | 1946 |
| Girls / boys | 3,473 / 8 | 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 Joyes alive today are over 65; half the Joylynns are over 38. That is 27 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: Joye and Joylynn.