# Joely (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joely/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,820 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,820 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 431, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,376 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,467 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,036 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,219 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,031 |
| 2016 | 30 | 4,674 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,103 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,277 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,830 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,086 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,155 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,330 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,055 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,955 |
| 2025 | 13 | 8,081 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 23 | 1,153 |
| 2007 | 18 | 1,443 |
| 2008 | 16 | 1,641 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Joely

- Joely Richardson, British actress
- Joely Fisher, American actress (born 1967)
- Joely Collins, Canadian actress
- Joely Andrews, British footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.