Girl name#2,009 of girl names
Joellen
Pronounced JH OW1 AH0 L L EH1 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1960
- 103 years in use
How popular is Joellen?
Joellen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1922. It has been given to 5,394 children — the 2,009th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 62 births across the past decade, against a peak of 167 in a single year. That peak was in 1960.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH OW1 AH0 L L EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 101
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Joellen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Joellen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Joellen?
- Joellen ranks 2,009th among girls' names in US records, with 5,394 births since 1922. Over the past decade it accounts for 62.
- Is Joellen a unisex name?
- No. Joellen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Joellen most popular?
- 1960, when 167 children were given the name. It has been in use for 103 years and is still recorded as of 2024.