Girls' name · since 1960
Jolana
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Jolana, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 76
- total births
- 1960–2015
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
Jolana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 76 recorded since 1960.
Jolana has 76 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2015.
- 76 total births
- 1960–2015 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jolana's 76 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jolana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jolana splits its recorded history at 1977: 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 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jolana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2015
- Peak year (1971)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Jolana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jolana's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jolana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 28 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Jolana's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1960–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jolana: Baby Name Since 1960 - 76 Births, Peak 1971." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jolana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jolana 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 July 2026.