Joely — #4907 US girls' name
1,807 babies named Joely in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Joely was born in this single decade.
95 babies were named Joely in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joely
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,807 babies named Joely between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joely currently holds the #4907 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 95 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joely performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 592 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joely shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joely in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joely 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 1,807 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.
Joely at a glance
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Current rank
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Joely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (1969)
- 95
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #4907 among girls.
1,807 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 95 births in a single year.
Joely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 592 births that decade — 33% of Joely's all-time total
Joely decade highlights
- Peak decade 592 births
- Runner-up 343 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Joely's strongest decade
592 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Joely by state
Where Joely concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 169 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 132 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 86 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 19 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 18 | 1.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
169 of 1,807 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- New York 4.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Joely appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1967–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.