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Joelene

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Joelene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
120.00% of girls
Peak year
197537 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1927
1,174people given the name
Babies named Joelene, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,174 girls have been named Joelene in the United States since 1927, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 37 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Joelene
1920s11
1930s74
1940s100
1950s148
1960s132
1970s218
1980s203
1990s103
2000s78
2010s72
2020s35

In 1975, its biggest year

Joelene was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.

Names that rose and fell with Joelene

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.