Girls' name · since 1950
Joli
Joli has 1,155 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1969 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,155
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,155 girls have been named Joli since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Joli has 1,155 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1950 to 2023.
- #6,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,155 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joli ranks #6,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,155 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,155
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joli's 1,155 recorded births place it above 90.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Joli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joli's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 37, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2023
- Peak year (1969)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Joli by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (223 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Joli's strongest decade.
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Joli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
111 births
- 1960s
1960s
179 births
- 1970s
1970s
223 births
- 1980s
1980s
145 births
- 1990s
1990s
132 births
- 2000s
2000s
210 births
- 2010s
2010s
132 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 223 births (19% of all-time use).
How Joli 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 Joli's total volume
Joli by state
Where Joli concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 25 | 2.2% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
25 of 1,155 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Joli's data
- Joli's decade-level peak was the 1970s (223 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jolis (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Joli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1950–2023 (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 Joli 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.