Girls' name · since 1946
Joletta
227 babies named Joletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,525 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joletta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 227 recorded since 1946.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joletta has been recorded 227 times among girls since 1946, 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 1946 to 1985.
- #18,525 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 227 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joletta ranks #18,525 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 227 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #18,525 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 227
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joletta's 227 recorded births place it above 74.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joletta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joletta's full recorded timeline at 1962, 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 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1985
- Peak year (1958)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Joletta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (83 births, 37% of the file).
1950s was Joletta's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Joletta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
83 births
- 1960s
1960s
77 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 83 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Joletta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1980s -- 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 Joletta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1946–1985 (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 Joletta 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.