Joliet
Joliet was last recorded in 2023, when 8 babies were given it; 103 Americans have been recorded with it between 1999 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Joliet by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Joliet?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,649, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
10 babies in 2014, the peak
Joliet peaked in 2014, when 10 girls were given it, #10,504 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,649 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,584 | 4.9 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,211 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,652 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,950 | 5.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,031 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,438 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,347 | 3.4 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,504 | 5.6 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,831 | 4.0 |
Every recorded year (16)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | #14,170 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,837 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,411 | 3.1 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,031 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,361 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,492 | 2.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Joliet a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Joliet has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 16 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Joliet: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Joliet, and how old are they?
An estimated 102 Americans named Joliet and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (99% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 7 and 18. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Joliet
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.