Joellen

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1958 · 166 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,399
since 1922

Joellen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joellen has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #776, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#12,1617
2023#11,1698
2022—
2021#15,2515
2020#11,0908
2019#9,11211
2018#12,4647
2017#11,6158
2016#11,7818
2015—
2014#14,5586
2013—
2012#9,71111
2011—
2010#12,2768
2009#11,4599
2008#17,5045
2007#11,6309
2006#9,90111
2005#16,4625
2004#9,26411
2003#9,67110
2002#9,48210
2001#8,19612
2000#8,53411
1999#7,71612
1998#14,1225
1997#5,01020
1996#4,88320
1995#4,34823
1994#4,68721
1993#4,10025
1992#4,52822
1991#5,39917
1990#3,52330
1989#3,56628
1988#3,39328
1987#3,52425
1986#2,30044
1985#2,60137
1984#2,47038
1983#2,36040
1982#2,11548
1981#2,02851
1980#1,93655
1979#2,24843
1978#1,89352
1977#1,57668
1976#1,60262
1975#1,62560
1974#1,48666
1973#1,51062
1972#1,24284
1971#1,118105
1970#1,099107
1969#1,10999
1968#1,12390
1967#1,011103
1966#803152
1965#858136
1964#928128
1963#878143
1962#832159
1961#922135
1960#796167
1959#901134
1958#776166
1957#810156
1956#846137
1955#899119
1954#789141
1953#1,00192
1952#897106
1951#834115
1950#782123
1949#843110
1948#845107
1947#780122
1946#89786
1945#81087
1944#84681
1943#91672
1942#92172
1941#90366
1940#94458
1939#96054
1938#1,18238
1937#1,16038
1936#1,15038
1935#1,10140
1934#1,00547
1933#94752
1932#1,87718
1931#2,30713
1930#1,87519
1929#2,09816
1928#2,62312
1927#3,05310
1926#3,2699
1925#2,37815
1924#1,64327
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1922#3,6558
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five girls were named Joellen! It came in at #3,655, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1923, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Joellen is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #609 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,552 girlsILWisconsin: #523 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,921 girlsWIMichigan: #584 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,814 girlsMINew York: #938 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,069 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedIAIndiana: #538 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,693 girlsINOhio: #860 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,665 girlsOHPennsylvania: #729 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,502 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,176 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 19,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Joellen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#338 · 1 in 2,540
  2. Wisconsin#523 · 1 in 7,921
  3. Indiana#538 · 1 in 6,693
  4. Michigan#584 · 1 in 7,814
  5. Illinois#609 · 1 in 7,552

Best ever in a state: #277 in Iowa, 1950.

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StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#33861 in 2,540
Wisconsin#52351 in 7,921
Indiana#53871 in 6,693
Michigan#584101 in 7,814
Illinois#609131 in 7,552
Pennsylvania#72981 in 12,502
Ohio#86061 in 15,665
New York#938101 in 16,069
California#1,17691 in 19,097
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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 Joellen
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
  • 3,852 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 930 spots in 1933 (#1,877 → #947)
  • Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1967 (#803 → #1,011)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1958 at #776 (166 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1939–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,133
  • Highest: 1 in 11,133 girls born in 1966 were named Joellen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #776 in 1958, was only 1 in 12,118 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Joellen (1,312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s97#1,643 (1924)#2,674
1930s357#947 (1933)#1,356
1940s861#780 (1947)#871
1950s1,289#776 (1958)#854
1960s1,312#796 (1960)#926
1970s709#1,099 (1970)#1,540
1980s394#1,936 (1980)#2,629
1990s195#3,523 (1990)#5,832
2000s93#8,196 (2001)#11,210
2010s59#9,112 (2019)#11,645
2020s33#11,090 (2020)#12,923

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.

Joellen in 1964

girls
#928
128 births · 1 in 14,804 girls

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #928Joellen128
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 14,804 of them was named Joellen, which outranked 88.1% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joellen
  1. #920Portia129
  2. #920Rona129
  3. #920Roxie129
  4. #928Joellen128
  5. #928Delisa128
  6. #928Linette128
  7. #928Loreen128
  8. #932Angelique127
  9. #932Bambi127
  10. #932Juliette127

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964 →