Joellen — #12220 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joellen

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,394 babies named Joellen between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joellen currently holds the #12220 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 167 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joellen performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Joellen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 372 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Joellen in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joellen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,394 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.