Joleen
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 187 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,670since 1925
Joleen over time
Rank among girls' names. Joleen has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 |
| 2021 | #4,245 | 33 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 |
| 2009 | #3,737 | 42 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 |
| 2004 | #3,391 | 44 |
| 2003 | #2,956 | 51 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 |
| 1995 | #2,552 | 49 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 |
| 1993 | #2,676 | 45 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 |
| 1991 | #2,189 | 60 |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 |
| 1988 | #1,952 | 62 |
| 1987 | #1,748 | 68 |
| 1986 | #1,552 | 78 |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 |
| 1984 | #1,284 | 97 |
| 1983 | #1,084 | 127 |
| 1982 | #1,064 | 135 |
| 1981 | #1,074 | 131 |
| 1980 | #1,005 | 145 |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 |
| 1978 | #1,001 | 136 |
| 1977 | #824 | 182 |
| 1976 | #803 | 173 |
| 1975 | #833 | 161 |
| 1974 | #754 | 187 |
| 1973 | #1,329 | 76 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 |
| 1971 | #1,244 | 89 |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 |
| 1968 | #1,118 | 91 |
| 1967 | #1,119 | 88 |
| 1966 | #999 | 105 |
| 1965 | #1,032 | 102 |
| 1964 | #1,125 | 95 |
| 1963 | #1,010 | 111 |
| 1962 | #914 | 134 |
| 1961 | #937 | 132 |
| 1960 | #961 | 124 |
| 1959 | #950 | 122 |
| 1958 | #900 | 129 |
| 1957 | #951 | 117 |
| 1956 | #879 | 128 |
| 1955 | #944 | 109 |
| 1954 | #847 | 124 |
| 1953 | #899 | 109 |
| 1952 | #983 | 92 |
| 1951 | #914 | 100 |
| 1950 | #1,007 | 82 |
| 1949 | #1,023 | 76 |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 |
| 1946 | #1,121 | 57 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,367 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Joleen! It came in at #4,973, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joleen is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#162 · 1 in 896
- Kansas#245 · 1 in 1,831
- Nebraska#255 · 1 in 2,062
- Minnesota#318 · 1 in 3,268
- Washington#487 · 1 in 5,698
Best ever in a state: #162 in Iowa, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Iowa | #162 | 31 | 1 in 896 |
| Kansas | #245 | 12 | 1 in 1,831 |
| Nebraska | #255 | 7 | 1 in 2,062 |
| Minnesota | #318 | 11 | 1 in 3,268 |
| Washington | #487 | 5 | 1 in 5,698 |
| Texas | #1,092 | 6 | 1 in 18,670 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joleen
- 1,529 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #5,722)
- 1,074 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #5,722)
- 1,653 spots since 2015 (#4,069 → #5,722)
- Biggest jump: 575 spots in 1974 (#1,329 → #754)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1978 (#824 → #1,001)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1974 at #754 (187 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1951–1962
- Highest: 1 in 7,848 girls born in 1974 were named Joleen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.5% of all girls named Joleen (1,302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 35 | #2,921 (1929) | #4,012 |
| 1930s | 231 | #1,102 (1939) | #1,810 |
| 1940s | 450 | #1,023 (1949) | #1,276 |
| 1950s | 1,112 | #847 (1954) | #927 |
| 1960s | 1,097 | #914 (1962) | #1,022 |
| 1970s | 1,302 | #754 (1974) | #1,047 |
| 1980s | 988 | #1,005 (1980) | #1,430 |
| 1990s | 443 | #2,128 (1992) | #2,943 |
| 2000s | 486 | #2,663 (2001) | #3,229 |
| 2010s | 371 | #3,470 (2010) | #4,066 |
| 2020s | 155 | #4,245 (2021) | #5,202 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Joleen in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
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1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 15,661 of them was named Joleen, which outranked 87.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #841Marita125
- #841Rosita125
- #841Sharen125
- #847Joleen124
- #847Cara124
- #847Odessa124
- #847Pennie124
- #852Carmella123
- #852Hollis123
- #852Jacquelin123
Tied with 4 names at #847; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.