Girls' name · since 1922
Joellen
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 5,399 babies named Joellen, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,399
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Joellen currently ranks #15100 among girls' names in America, with 5,399 babies recorded since 1922.
Joellen has 5,399 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15100 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #2,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,100 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,399 born since 1922
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joellen ranks #2,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,100 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,399 born since 1922, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,399
- born since 1922
- 1960s
- peak decade
Joellen's 5,399 recorded births place it above 96.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Joellen compares
5,399 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joellen's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joellen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,399 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 167 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joellen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joellen splits its recorded history at 1972: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 167 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joellen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 167
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Joellen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,312 births, 24% of the file).
1960s was Joellen's strongest decade.
1,312 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Joellen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 97
1920s
97 births
- 1930s 357
1930s
357 births
- 1940s
1940s
861 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,289 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,312 births
- 1970s
1970s
709 births
- 1980s 394
1980s
394 births
- 1990s 195
1990s
195 births
- 2000s 93
2000s
93 births
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,312 births (24% of all-time use).
How Joellen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Joellen's total volume
Joellen by state
Where Joellen concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 372 | 6.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 345 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 325 | 6.0% |
| #4 | California | | 279 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 247 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 227 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 220 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 143 | 2.6% |
372 of 5,399 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Joellen appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joellen's data
- Joellen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,312 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Joellens (372 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joellen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Joellen 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.