Unisex name · since 1979
Jolan
286 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.
- #10,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,133 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 286
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jolan currently ranks #9133 among unisex names in America, with 286 babies recorded since 1979.
Jolan has 286 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9133 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, 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 1979 to 2025.
- #10,865 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,133 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 286 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jolan ranks #10,865 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,133 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 286 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,865 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,133 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 286
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jolan's 286 recorded births place it above 76.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jolan compares
286 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Jolan's all-time total is 22% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jolan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 286 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jolan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jolan splits its recorded history at 2009: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jolan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jolan popularity over time - girls
134 total births recorded since 1916 (Jolan as girls' name)
Jolan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Jolan's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jolan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jolan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- 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 Jolan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Jolan 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.