Joleen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joleen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joleen: Recorded since 1978, it reached #446 in 1987, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2000	#3912
2001	#2466
2006	#4157
2011	#4764
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 40 years from 1978 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1978–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #469 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1978–2017
Highest recorded position: #446 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1987 (recorded 1978–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Joleen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 10 years beginning in 1978, and has registered 35 births with the name.

Joleen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joleen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#469 (1978)	#446 (1987)	#873 (2017)	10 of 40	35 (1978–2017)	4 (1978)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#2466 (2001)	#5669 (2022)	7 of 26	26 (1997–2022)	6 (2001)

Joleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joleen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	14	4 of 10	4
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Joleen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1978 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Joleen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1978 and 2022, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,669position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jolie · #331, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darcie-Rose · #446, 16y
Emilia-Rose · #446, 14y
Eva-Mae · #446, 20y
Stacie · #446, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Alwyn · #446, 24y
Yolanda · #446, 31y
Dona · #447, 13y
Lolita · #449, 22y

Joleen was ranked #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1987. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joleen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joleen without appearing here.

Joleen moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.
Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #5785.
Carmel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #498 and #319 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.
Judith Compare
In 2008 they stood at #456 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #893.

Moved ahead of Joleen

Florence Compare
In 2008 they stood at #456 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #742 and #488.
Jade Compare
In 1982 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #529 and #288.
Hanna Compare
In 1997 they stood at #456 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #498 and #319.
Zara Compare
In 1980 they stood at #469 and #522 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #335.

Moved the opposite way to Joleen

Abigail Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 while Abigail went from #348 to #62.
Aimee Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 while Aimee went from #315 to #172.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 while Alexandra went from #281 to #111.
Alice Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 while Alice went from #167 to #35.

Moved the same way as Joleen

Aisling Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 and Aisling from #44 to #86.
Alison Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 and Alison from #65 to #145.
Amanda Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 and Amanda from #36 to #471.
Andrea Compare
Between 1978 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joleen went from #469 to #873 and Andrea from #93 to #396.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1978 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #446 in Republic of Ireland in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Joleen

Joleen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joleen across 2 official records

Joleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Joleen at a glance

Joleen across 2 official records

Joleen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Joleen and the names beside it

Joleen moved ahead of

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