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Joleen

Joleen was most popular in 1974, when 187 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 5,811 for girls.

6,670babies since 1880
1974most popular year
#754best rank, 1974
#5,811rank in 2025

Babies named Joleen each year in the US

Girls

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DecadeGirls
1920s35
1930s231
1940s450
1950s1,112
1960s1,097
1970s1,302
1980s988
1990s443
2000s486
2010s371
2020s155

Joleen in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Joleen.

US England and Wales Scotland France Berlin

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1974 1 in 7,848 #5,811
England and Wales 1980 1 in 4,197 n/a
Scotland 1981 1 in 7,974 n/a
France 2022 1 in 32,476 #4,921
Berlin 2019 1 in 1,591 #494 (2023)

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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