Joellen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-EL-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Joellen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Joellen mean?
Modern: compound of Jo and Ellen
A compound of Jo and Ellen, in the same style as Joanne and Marylou.
Is Joellen a girl's or a boy's name?
Joellen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joellen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Joellen, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 167 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Joellen in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joellen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 48 | #2,115 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,893 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 60 | #1,625 |
| 1974 | 66 | #1,486 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,510 |
| 1972 | 84 | #1,242 |
| 1971 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1970 | 107 | #1,099 |
| 1969 | 99 | #1,109 |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,123 |
| 1967 | 103 | #1,011 |
| 1966 | 152 | #803 |
| 1965 | 136 | #858 |
| 1964 | 128 | #928 |
| 1963 | 143 | #878 |
| 1962 | 159 | #832 |
| 1961 | 135 | #922 |
| 1960 | 167 | #796 |
| 1959 | 134 | #900 |
| 1958 | 166 | #775 |
| 1957 | 156 | #809 |
| 1956 | 137 | #845 |
| 1955 | 119 | #898 |
| 1954 | 141 | #788 |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,000 |
| 1952 | 106 | #896 |
| 1951 | 115 | #833 |
| 1950 | 123 | #781 |
| 1949 | 110 | #842 |
| 1948 | 107 | #844 |
| 1947 | 122 | #779 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 87 | #810 |
| 1944 | 81 | #846 |
| 1943 | 72 | #916 |
| 1942 | 72 | #921 |
| 1941 | 66 | #903 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 54 | #960 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,101 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1933 | 52 | #947 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,643 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
Nicknames for Joellen
Names like Joellen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marilyn Jacqueline Jolene Judith Robin Jennifer Julie Valerie Deborah Gwendolyn Jacquelyn Gwen
Names related to Joellen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joellen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joellen, updated 20 October 2026.