Girls' name · since 1962
Jolea
Jolea has 196 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 196
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
196 girls have been named Jolea since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jolea has 196 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1962 to 2024.
- #20,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 196 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jolea ranks #20,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 196 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 196
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jolea's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jolea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jolea splits its recorded history at 2005: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jolea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2024
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Jolea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (102 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Jolea's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jolea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
102 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 102 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jolea's data
- Jolea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jolea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1962–2024 (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 Jolea 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.