Joleen

Joleen was the #5,722 girls' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Joleen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joleen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Joleen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#5,722 (21)———#3,044 (6)
2024#7,251 (15)————
2023#4,873 (27)————
2022#4,472 (31)#5,670 (3)——#2,553 (7)
2021#4,245 (33)————
2020#4,648 (28)————
2019#3,923 (37)———#2,610 (7)
2018#3,853 (38)————
2017#5,191 (25)——#873 (3)—
2016#3,923 (38)————
2015#4,069 (36)————
2014#3,486 (45)———#2,905 (6)
2013#4,543 (31)———#2,888 (6)
2012#4,707 (30)————
2011#3,496 (45)#4,764 (4)——#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #754.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1925.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 77,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Joleen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 67,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoleenCanadaGirls#3,0446
JoleenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JoleenIrelandGirls—too few
JoleenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoleenScotlandGirls—too few
JoleenUSGirls#5,72221