Girls' name · since 1999
Joliet
Joliet has 103 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 103
- total births
- 1999–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Joliet sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 103 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Joliet recorded 103 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2023.
- 103 total births
- 1999–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joliet's 103 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joliet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joliet splits its recorded history at 2015: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joliet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Joliet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Joliet's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Joliet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Joliet's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1999–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joliet: Baby Name Since 1999 - 103 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joliet. 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 Joliet 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.