Girls' name · since 1996
Joelly
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 181 babies named Joelly, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joelly currently ranks #15711 among girls' names in America, with 181 babies recorded since 1996.
Joelly has 181 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15711 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #20,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,711 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 181 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joelly ranks #20,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,711 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 181 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joelly's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Joelly compares
181 35th percentile among 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
Joelly's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joelly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 181 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joelly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joelly's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joelly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Joelly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Joelly's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Joelly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Joelly's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joelly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Joelly 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.