# Joycelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joycelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,622 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 30, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,128 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,173 |
| 2013 | 31 | 4,584 |
| 2014 | 27 | 5,093 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,431 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,208 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,105 |
| 2018 | 27 | 4,935 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,822 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,557 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,647 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,973 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,532 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,172 |
| 2025 | 16 | 6,971 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Joycelyn

- Joycelyn Elders, American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the Unit

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.