Recorded 1988–2009 Girls' name Peak 1989 29 births

Joleesa — girls' name

29 babies named Joleesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s141990s102000s5
1980s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Joleesa was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

8 babies were named Joleesa in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joleesa

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Joleesa between 1988 and 2009, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joleesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joleesa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joleesa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joleesa 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 29 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.

Joleesa at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

29

Since 1988

22 years of records

Peak year

1989

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1988

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2009

Joleesa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1988

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1989)
8
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
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Joleesa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
14 births that decade — 48% of Joleesa's all-time total
1980s141990s102000s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joleesa?
29 babies have been named Joleesa since 1988. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1989 with 8 births.
When was Joleesa most popular?
Joleesa was most popular in the 1980s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
How long has the name Joleesa been used?
Joleesa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 22 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Joleesa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jolene, Jolie, Joleen, Jolynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2009 (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.