Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joelene

#6,312 most common girls' name of all time · #10,648 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1927–2025

Rank among girls
#6,312
Rank overall
#10,648 of 105,966
First appeared
1927
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
1,181
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1975 #2,254
Best rank
#2,254 1975
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
19401960198020002020

Joelene first appears in 1927. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 — 7 #12,086
2024 12 — 12 #8,512
2023 7 — 7 #12,335
2021 7 — 7 #12,363
2020 9 — 9 #10,354
2019 10 — 10 #9,849
2017 8 — 8 #11,744
2016 8 — 8 #11,919
2015 8 — 8 #11,979
2014 8 — 8 #12,054
2013 11 — 11 #9,679
2012 8 — 8 #12,344
2010 11 — 11 #9,895
2009 9 — 9 #11,588
2008 6 — 6 #15,615
2006 11 — 11 #10,007
2005 13 — 13 #8,396
2004 7 — 7 #12,920
2003 6 — 6 #14,067
2001 14 — 14 #7,391
2000 12 — 12 #8,114
1999 6 — 6 #12,898
1998 6 — 6 #12,631
1997 17 — 17 #5,679
1996 10 — 10 #8,254
1995 8 — 8 #9,685
1994 9 — 9 #8,950
1993 17 — 17 #5,474
1992 10 — 10 #8,177
1991 9 — 9 #8,720
1990 11 — 11 #7,426
1989 17 — 17 #5,110
1988 18 — 18 #4,706
1987 27 — 27 #3,359
1986 15 — 15 #5,025
1985 12 — 12 #5,771
1984 16 — 16 #4,553
1983 27 — 27 #3,085
1982 34 — 34 #2,723
1981 22 — 22 #3,655
1980 15 — 15 #4,821
1979 22 — 22 #3,582
1978 26 — 26 #3,042
1977 33 — 33 #2,573
1976 21 — 21 #3,332
1975 37 — 37 #2,254
1974 34 — 34 #2,316
1973 12 — 12 #4,679
1972 12 — 12 #4,617
1971 6 — 6 #7,634
1970 15 — 15 #3,931
1969 11 — 11 #4,528
1968 10 — 10 #4,609
1967 12 — 12 #3,929
1966 13 — 13 #3,643
1965 18 — 18 #2,992
1964 11 — 11 #4,209
1963 16 — 16 #3,252
1962 11 — 11 #4,127
1961 18 — 18 #3,011
1960 12 — 12 #3,803
1959 13 — 13 #3,552
1958 13 — 13 #3,468
1957 13 — 13 #3,411
1956 24 — 24 #2,295
1955 12 — 12 #3,504
1954 12 — 12 #3,432
1953 13 — 13 #3,219
1952 15 — 15 #2,872
1951 16 — 16 #2,654
1950 17 — 17 #2,511
1949 11 — 11 #3,319
1948 17 — 17 #2,474
1947 11 — 11 #3,390
1946 7 — 7 #4,259
1945 11 — 11 #2,874
1944 5 — 5 #5,008
1943 11 — 11 #3,002
1942 11 — 11 #2,959
1941 10 — 10 #3,003
1940 6 — 6 #4,240
1939 8 — 8 #3,400
1938 5 — 5 #4,822
1937 7 — 7 #3,749
1936 9 — 9 #3,084
1935 13 — 13 #2,433
1934 7 — 7 #3,772
1933 13 — 13 #2,400
1932 6 — 6 #4,362
1931 6 — 6 #4,278
1928 6 — 6 #4,685
1927 5 — 5 #5,549