girls:
134 births since 1916
#5582 (2nd percentile)
boys:
269 births since 1979
#4317 (6th percentile)
overall:
403 births since 1916
#7336 (5th percentile)
The name Jolan is the #7,336 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 403 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,317 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 269 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,582 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 134 births since 1916.
Jolan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Jolan is available in 49 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (29 years for boys and 23 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jolan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jolan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1916 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (90.3% boys from 1979 to 2023).
For boys, Jolan reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #878) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jolan ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 44.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jolan reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #586) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1918, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jolan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jolan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.2% confident that Jolan is pronounced as JOH-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YOH-luhn, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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