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Joely

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Joely is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
270.00% of girls
Peak year
196995 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1967
1,807people given the name
Babies named Joely, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,807 girls have been named Joely in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 95 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 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 33%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Joely
1960s185
1970s214
1980s63
1990s288
2000s592
2010s343
2020s122

In 1969, its biggest year

Joely was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.

Names that rose and fell with Joely

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.