Girls' name · since 1925
Joleen
Joleen has 6,670 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,761 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,670
- born since 1925
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joleen currently ranks #5761 among girls' names in America, with 6,670 babies recorded since 1925.
Joleen has 6,670 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5761 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, 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 1925 to 2025.
- #2,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,761 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,670 born since 1925
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joleen ranks #2,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,761 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,670 born since 1925, peaking in the 1970s.
- #2,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,761 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,670
- born since 1925
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joleen's 6,670 recorded births place it above 97.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Joleen compares
6,670 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Joleen's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joleen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,670 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 187 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joleen's full recorded timeline at 1975, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 187 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 187
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Joleen by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (1,302 births, 20% of the file).
1970s was Joleen's strongest decade.
1,302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Joleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 35
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 231
1930s
231 births
- 1940s 450
1940s
450 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,112 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,097 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,302 births
- 1980s
1980s
988 births
- 1990s 443
1990s
443 births
- 2000s 486
2000s
486 births
- 2010s 371
2010s
371 births
- 2020s 155
2020s
155 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 1,302 births (20% of all-time use).
How Joleen 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 Joleen's total volume
Joleen by state
Where Joleen concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 910 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 464 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 445 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 210 | 3.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 192 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Kansas | | 166 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Texas | | 164 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 150 | 2.2% |
910 of 6,670 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Joleen appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Joleen's data
- Joleen's decade-level peak was the 1970s (1,302 total births); usage has since declined to 155 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joleens (910 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Joleen 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.