Recorded 1998–2015 Girls' name Peak 2006 124 births

Jolyssa — girls' name

124 babies named Jolyssa in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s132000s822010s29
2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Jolyssa was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

14 babies were named Jolyssa in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jolyssa

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Jolyssa between 1998 and 2015, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jolyssa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolyssa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jolyssa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jolyssa 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 124 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.

Jolyssa at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

124

Since 1998

18 years of records

Peak year

2006

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1998

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2015

Jolyssa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1998

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2006)
14
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
46810121416 201520132009200720052003200119991998 7

Jolyssa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
82 births that decade — 66% of Jolyssa's all-time total
1990s132000s822010s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jolyssa?
124 babies have been named Jolyssa since 1998. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2006 with 14 births.
When was Jolyssa most popular?
Jolyssa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Jolyssa been used?
Jolyssa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 18 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Jolyssa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jolene, Jolie, Joleen, Jolynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.