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Girl name

Joleen

100% girls · 21 born in 2025

Joleen has been given to about 6,670 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1974, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 6,017
Median age today51 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Joleen per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1974 · 187
  • Born in 202521
  • All time6,670

How popular is Joleen?

Its best year was 1974, when 187 babies were given the name, ranking 754th. The typical living American called Joleen is about 51 years old today.

Names that sound like Joleen

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Coleen0.86
  2. Colleen0.83
  3. Joellen0.85
  4. Jolene0.74
  5. Doreen0.71
  6. Noreen0.71
  7. Jayleen0.71
  8. Jorden0.70

Middle names for Joleen

Ranked by flow score
  1. Joleen Anne0.85
  2. Joleen Rose0.81
  3. Joleen Marie0.81
  4. Joleen Grace0.81
  5. Joleen Eve0.81
  6. Joleen Louise0.81

Sibling names for Joleen

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Rockybrother · 0.88
  2. Georginasister · 0.87
  3. Rudybrother · 0.83
  4. Laurelsister · 0.83
  5. Barronbrother · 0.82
  6. Angiesister · 0.81

Where Joleen is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Joleen White0.76
    2. Joleen Moore0.76
    3. Joleen Hill0.76
    4. Joleen Hall0.76
    5. Joleen Brown0.76
    6. Joleen Young0.73

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Joleen

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.