Girls' name · since 1967
Joely
Joely has 1,820 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,820
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joely currently ranks #8000 among girls' names in America, with 1,820 babies recorded since 1967.
Joely has 1,820 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8000 as of the latest data, more common than 54% 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 1967 to 2025.
- #5,011 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,000 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,820 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joely ranks #5,011 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,000 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,820 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,820
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joely's 1,820 recorded births place it above 93.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joely compares
1,820 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Joely's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joely | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,820 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 95 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joely splits its recorded history at 1998: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 95 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1969)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Joely by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (592 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Joely's strongest decade.
592 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Joely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 185
1960s
185 births
- 1970s 214
1970s
214 births
- 1980s 63
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
288 births
- 2000s
2000s
592 births
- 2010s
2010s
343 births
- 2020s 135
2020s
135 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 592 births (33% of all-time use).
How Joely 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 Joely's total volume
Joely by state
Where Joely concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 169 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 132 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 86 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 19 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 18 | 1.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
169 of 1,820 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Joely appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joely's data
- Joely's decade-level peak was the 2000s (592 total births); usage has since declined to 135 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joelys (169 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Joely 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.