Joetta

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births

Peak · girls
1938 · 67 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,558
since 1913

Joetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joetta has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #861, 1938girls
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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
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2021—
2020#13,4536
2019—
2018—
2017#11,6158
2016—
2015—
2014#16,5135
2013#14,5826
2012—
2011#14,8246
2010—
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2005—
2004#10,6909
2003#15,7845
2002#12,1877
2001#12,0567
2000—
1999#14,4115
1998#14,1225
1997#9,0179
1996—
1995#13,3865
1994#11,7786
1993#11,7806
1992#9,4918
1991#6,97612
1990#7,30311
1989#6,16013
1988#4,84017
1987#6,33511
1986#4,96415
1985#4,28218
1984#3,52723
1983#4,28617
1982#5,20913
1981#3,43624
1980#3,60922
1979#3,54122
1978#3,92418
1977#3,00226
1976#2,86526
1975#2,35734
1974#2,43331
1973#1,91343
1972#1,98940
1971#1,77250
1970#1,93144
1969#1,63554
1968#1,45161
1967#1,49556
1966#1,32067
1965#1,44858
1964#1,49757
1963#1,34068
1962#1,27875
1961#1,37566
1960#1,21281
1959#1,052103
1958#1,045100
1957#1,033103
1956#1,03498
1955#1,03494
1954#913111
1953#99493
1952#1,08076
1951#95295
1950#1,02679
1949#93590
1948#93985
1947#1,07968
1946#1,05864
1945#98461
1944#1,01759
1943#94469
1942#1,02458
1941#96158
1940#97154
1939#1,02248
1938#86167
1937#1,06345
1936#1,00347
1935#96551
1934#1,06243
1933#91555
1932#1,14739
1931#94154
1930#1,46028
1929#1,70422
1928#1,83721
1927#2,25616
1926#1,93220
1925#3,11610
1924#2,21217
1923#4,9675
1922#3,6558
1921#2,76212
1920#2,89911
1919#3,2199
1918#3,2449
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1915#2,9009
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1913#2,8276
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Joetta! It came in at #2,827, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Joetta is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedIAIndiana: #546 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,130 girlsINOhio: #827 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,892 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,600 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 35,025 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNEMissouri: #633 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,860 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Joetta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Indiana#546 · 1 in 7,130
  2. Missouri#633 · 1 in 8,860
  3. Ohio#827 · 1 in 14,892
  4. California#1,600 · 1 in 35,025

Best ever in a state: #274 in Oklahoma, 1951.

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Indiana#54671 in 7,130
Missouri#63351 in 8,860
Ohio#82771 in 14,892
California#1,60051 in 35,025
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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 Joetta
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #14,942)
  • 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 519 spots in 1931 (#1,460 → #941)
  • Biggest drop: 206 spots in 1932 (#941 → #1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1938 at #861 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1940–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,469
  • Highest: 1 in 16,469 girls born in 1938 were named Joetta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Joetta (952) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s33#2,827 (1913)#3,048
1920s142#1,704 (1929)#2,734
1930s477#861 (1938)#1,044
1940s666#935 (1949)#991
1950s952#913 (1954)#1,016
1960s643#1,212 (1960)#1,405
1970s334#1,772 (1971)#2,573
1980s173#3,436 (1981)#4,665
1990s67#6,976 (1991)#10,918
2000s28#10,690 (2004)#12,679
2010s25#11,615 (2017)#14,384
2020s18#12,161 (2024)#13,519

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.

Joetta in 1961

girls
#1,375
66 births · 1 in 30,583 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,375Joetta66
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 30,583 of them was named Joetta, which outranked 81.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joetta
  1. #1,360Sofia67
  2. #1,360Tonie67
  3. #1,360Wonda67
  4. #1,375Joetta66
  5. #1,375Adriane66
  6. #1,375Bari66
  7. #1,375Charlayne66
  8. #1,387Cathey65
  9. #1,387Daniel65
  10. #1,387Jacquie65

Tied with 11 names at #1,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →