Jolly
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,059
- Given to boys 74.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 348since 1891
Jolly over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
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| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,932 | 14 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Jolly! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jolly is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jolly in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jolly
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1891 at #963 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,238
- Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Jolly (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,640 boys born in 1978 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
- 26.4% of all boys named Jolly (92) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly boys until 1982, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #963 (1891) | #1,007 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 51 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,930 |
| 1920s | 63 | #2,630 (1922) | #3,351 |
| 1930s | 92 | #1,932 (1934) | #2,635 |
| 1940s | 55 | #1,983 (1940) | #2,869 |
| 1950s | 45 | #2,530 (1959) | #3,404 |
| 1960s | 21 | #3,665 (1960) | #3,925 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,983 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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