Joellen
Joellen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 777th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1960167 births
- Best rank
- #777in 1958
- Since 1922
- 5,394people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,394 girls have been named Joellen in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 167 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 167 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1960s alone account for 24%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Joellen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 97 | |
| 1930s | 357 | |
| 1940s | 861 | |
| 1950s | 1,289 | |
| 1960s | 1,312 | |
| 1970s | 709 | |
| 1980s | 394 | |
| 1990s | 195 | |
| 2000s | 93 | |
| 2010s | 59 | |
| 2020s | 28 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Joellen was the 797th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Joellen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Julenepeak 1958
- Dalenepeak 1961
- Suzannepeak 1962
- Donettapeak 1956
- Patricapeak 1962
- Johnettepeak 1949
- Delanepeak 1954
- Susannepeak 1949
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.