Joletta

Peak · girls
1958 · 16 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
227
since 1946

Joletta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joletta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,972, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1985#10,6775
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1976#9,2845
1975#7,1737
1974#5,01111
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1969#5,4568
1968#5,6427
1967#4,30010
1966#5,8096
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1958#2,97216
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1946#4,9605
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Joletta! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Joletta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Joletta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Joletta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1985
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1958 at #2,972 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 125,726
  • Highest: 1 in 125,726 girls born in 1958 were named Joletta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,166 girls born in 1985 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Joletta (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s22#4,651 (1948)#4,895
1950s83#2,972 (1958)#4,158
1960s77#3,515 (1964)#5,373
1970s29#5,011 (1974)#7,190
1980s16#9,110 (1981)#10,060

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.

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