Girls' name · since 1968
Joley
Joley has 378 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,266 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 378
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joley currently ranks #15266 among girls' names in America, with 378 babies recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joley has been recorded 378 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #15266 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #13,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,266 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 378 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joley ranks #13,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,266 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 378 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,266 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 378
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joley's 378 recorded births place it above 80.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Joley compares
378 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Joley's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 378 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joley splits its recorded history at 2006: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Joley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (152 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Joley's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Joley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 152 births (40% of all-time use).
Joley by state
Where Joley concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 378 births nationwide.
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What to do with Joley's data
- Joley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (152 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Joleys (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Joley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Joley 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.