Jolan — #8486 US boys' name
278 babies named Jolan in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Jolan was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jolan in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jolan
The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Jolan between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jolan currently holds the #8486 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Jolan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 134 additional births since 1916.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jolan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jolan 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 278 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.
Jolan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Jolan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #8486 among boys.
278 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 15 births in a single year.
Jolan popularity over time — girls
134 total births recorded since 1916 (Jolan as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jolan accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jolan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 93 births that decade — 33% of Jolan's all-time total
Jolan decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jolan's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1979–2024 (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.