Girls' name · since 1918
Joline
Joline has 2,136 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,136
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 2,136 recorded since 1918.
Joline has 2,136 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2024.
- #4,508 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 2,136 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joline ranks #4,508 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 2,136 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #4,508 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 2,136
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Joline's 2,136 recorded births place it above 93.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Maine.
Joline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joline splits its recorded history at 1972: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1928 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2024
- Peak year (1928)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Joline by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (313 births, 15% of the file).
1950s was Joline's strongest decade.
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Joline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
168 births
- 1930s
1930s
224 births
- 1940s
1940s
206 births
- 1950s
1950s
313 births
- 1960s
1960s
271 births
- 1970s
1970s
256 births
- 1980s
1980s
279 births
- 1990s 112
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
171 births
- 2010s 105
2010s
105 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 313 births (15% of all-time use).
How Joline 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 Joline's total volume
Joline by state
Where Joline concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 222 | 10.4% |
| #2 | California | | 113 | 5.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 9 | 0.4% |
| #5 | West Virginia | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.2% |
222 of 2,136 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Joline's decade-level peak was the 1950s (313 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Maine records the most Jolines (222 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maine names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1918–2024 (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 Joline 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.