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.

Jolly**

#7,563 most common boys' name of all time · #19,060 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1891–2022 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#7,563
Rank overall
#19,060 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
467
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1937 #2,371
Best rank
#1,117 1891
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jolly first appears in 1891. 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
2022 5 — 5 —
2007 6 — 6 —
1985 5 — 5 —
1983 6 — 6 —
1978 — 6 6 #5,129
1971 — 5 5 #4,994
1965 — 5 5 #4,001
1964 — 5 5 #4,116
1963 6 — 6 —
1961 — 5 5 #4,164
1960 — 6 6 #3,731
1959 — 11 11 #2,564
1958 — 6 6 #3,639
1956 7 — 7 —
1955 8 — 8 —
1954 — 5 5 #3,911
1953 — 6 6 #3,509
1952 6 7 13 #3,152
1951 — 5 5 #3,793
1950 — 5 5 #3,771
1949 6 9 15 #2,672
1948 — 7 7 #3,085
1947 7 7 14 #3,153
1946 6 6 12 #3,248
1944 6 — 6 —
1943 5 — 5 —
1942 — 8 8 #2,780
1941 — 5 5 #3,596
1940 — 13 13 #2,025
1939 — 7 7 #2,907
1938 6 8 14 #2,708
1937 11 10 21 #2,371
1936 — 6 6 #3,233
1935 — 11 11 #2,298
1934 — 14 14 #1,976
1933 — 5 5 #3,722
1932 6 13 19 #2,135
1931 — 8 8 #2,932
1930 7 10 17 #2,659
1929 5 — 5 —
1928 — 6 6 #3,777
1927 — 10 10 #2,753
1926 5 — 5 —
1925 — 5 5 #4,293
1924 — 10 10 #2,868
1923 — 7 7 #3,525
1922 — 11 11 #2,680
1921 — 5 5 #4,389
1920 — 9 9 #3,015
1919 — 5 5 #4,249
1918 — 9 9 #2,932
1917 — 5 5 #4,066
1916 — 7 7 #3,236
1915 — 8 8 #2,878
1913 — 7 7 #2,346
1912 — 5 5 #2,624
1910 — 5 5 #1,706
1899 — 5 5 #1,173
1891 — 5 5 #1,117