Jolly — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jolly

The Social Security Administration has registered 348 babies named Jolly between 1891 and 1978, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jolly currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Jolly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 119 additional births since 1926.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolly performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jolly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jolly in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 348 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.