Girls' name · since 1933
Joleta
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Joleta, peaking in 1958. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 53
- total births
- 1933–1985
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Joleta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 53 have been recorded since 1933.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joleta has been recorded 53 times among girls since 1933, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1985.
- 53 total births
- 1933–1985 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joleta's 53 recorded births place it above 52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joleta splits its recorded history at 1952: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1985
- Peak year (1958)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Joleta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Joleta's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Joleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
21 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 21 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Joleta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (21 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1933–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joleta: Baby Name Since 1933 - 53 Births, Peak 1958." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joleta. 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 Joleta 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.