How Many People Are Named Joely?
An estimated 1,734 people in the United States have the first name Joely. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Joely peaked in popularity in 1969 with 95 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Joely as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Joely paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,734
About 1 in 197,667 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1969
95 births
Total Registered
1,807
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Joely
Joely is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,807 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Joely as a female name
Ranked #4,935 in 2024
27 female births in 2024
Peak: 1969 (95 births)
Joely: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Joely span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 592 babies were registered. Joely has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Joely by Decade
How has Joely tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Joely by State
Birth registrations for Joely span all 10 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Colorado. On average, about 46 Joelys were registered per state.
Joely + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Joely as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Joely
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Joely: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Joely?
We estimate approximately 1,734 people named Joely are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 197,667 Americans share this first name.
Is Joely a common name?
Joely is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,807 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Joely most popular?
Joely reached peak popularity in 1969, when 95 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Joely is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Joely a female name?
Joely is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Joely Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Joely Smith, Joely Johnson, Joely Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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