How rare is the name Joleen?

5,709 people in the United States have the first name Joleen, about 1 in 52,904. It ranks #3,588 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JOLEEN

#3,588

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,709
About
1 in 52,904
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,709 people named Joleen, 77.6% reported their origin as White, 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Joleen peaked in 1974, when 187 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
187
In 2025*
21 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,670 babies have been given the name since 1925. 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.

Joleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,588. The largest share of babies named Joleen, 29.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#8,62035
1930s#2,838231
1940s#2,167450
1950s#1,5881,112
1960s#1,7241,097
1970s#1,6841,302
1980s#2,196988
1990s#4,630443
2000s#5,465486
2010s#6,891371
2020s#8,731155
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–6429.2%
Generation X 1965–8029.2%
Millennials 1981–9617.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.4%
2013 and later6.1%

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 Joleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joleen has been most common in Iowa (10×), Minnesota (6.9×), and Kansas (4.5×), and least common in Ohio (0.34×).

3,483 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 Joleen

#3,586 Sai · 5,716#3,587 Raisa · 5,712#3,589 Arlette · 5,708#3,590 Vern · 5,707

Spelled almost the same

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

#27,970 Jolean · 324#31,546 Joeleen · 271#35,030 Joyleen · 231#37,394 Jolen · 209#38,294 Jolleen · 201#39,783 Joleene · 189#43,791 Joleena · 160#51,822 Jolien · 111

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