How rare is the name Joellen?

7,130 people in the United States have the first name Joellen, about 1 in 42,361. It ranks #3,093 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOELLEN

#3,093

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,130
About
1 in 42,361
This common or more
81.6%
Who bears it

Of the 7,130 people named Joellen, 93% reported their origin as White, 2.1% as Black and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joellen peaked in 1960, when 167 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
167
In 2025*
5 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,399 babies have been given the name since 1922. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Joellen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,467. The largest share of babies named Joellen, 45.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#5,44897
1930s#2,223357
1940s#1,516861
1950s#1,4671,289
1960s#1,5661,312
1970s#2,368709
1980s#3,996394
1990s#8,191195
2000s#17,04293
2010s#22,49259
2020s#22,17133
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.2%
Baby boom 1946–6445.3%
Generation X 1965–8024.9%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–122.8%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Joellen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joellen has been most common in Iowa (4×), Indiana (3.9×), and Ohio (3×), and least common in Missouri (0.52×).

2,663 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Joellen

#3,091 Lars · 7,136#3,091 Ward · 7,136#3,094 Shae · 7,128#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joellen, most common first.

#3,588 Joleen · 5,709#13,165 Joellyn · 924#13,486 Joelene · 894#16,259 Joelyn · 697#30,234 Joelynn · 289#31,546 Joeleen · 271#35,030 Joyleen · 231#37,394 Jolen · 209

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