Girls' name · since 1940
Joeleen
Since 1940, U.S. Social Security records show 211 babies named Joeleen, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 211
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joeleen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 211 have been recorded since 1940.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joeleen has been recorded 211 times among girls since 1940, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2019.
- #19,255 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 211 born since 1940
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joeleen ranks #19,255 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 211 born since 1940, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,255 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 211
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Joeleen's 211 recorded births place it above 73.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joeleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joeleen's full recorded timeline at 1986, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joeleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2019
- Peak year (1982)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Joeleen by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Joeleen's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Joeleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Joeleen's decade-level peak was the 1980s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joeleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~79 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joeleen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.