NameTides

Jolly

Jolly peaked in the US in 1891 at #963, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Jolly as a boy’s name

  • US
Jolly as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Jolly as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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
YearUS
1978#5,059 (6)
1971#4,907 (5)
1965#3,930 (5)
1964#4,039 (5)
1961#4,065 (5)
1960#3,665 (6)
1959#2,530 (11)
1958#3,559 (6)
1954#3,827 (5)
1953#3,425 (6)
1952#3,095 (7)
1951#3,714 (5)
1950#3,681 (5)
1949#2,606 (9)
1948#3,010 (7)

Jolly as a girl’s name

  • US
Jolly as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Jolly as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
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
YearUS
2022#15,306 (5)
2007#15,491 (6)
1985#10,677 (5)
1983#9,015 (6)
1963#5,891 (6)
1956#4,837 (7)
1955#4,376 (8)
1952#4,908 (6)
1949#4,673 (6)
1947#4,345 (7)
1946#4,417 (6)
1944#4,054 (6)
1943#4,691 (5)
1938#3,847 (6)
1937#2,570 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #963.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.
  • In 1952, 46% of US babies named Jolly were girls.