Jolena
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 27 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,167since 1949
Jolena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jolena has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five girls were named Jolena! It came in at #4,673, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jolena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jolena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jolena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 584 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #8,362)
- 1,150 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #8,362)
- 2,326 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1974 at #2,683 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 49,804
- Highest: 1 in 49,804 girls born in 1982 were named Jolena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,683 in 1974, was only 1 in 54,353 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 20.1% of all girls named Jolena (235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,673 (1949) | #4,673 |
| 1950s | 30 | #4,595 (1953) | #5,178 |
| 1960s | 91 | #3,608 (1961) | #4,767 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,683 (1974) | #3,840 |
| 1980s | 188 | #2,704 (1982) | #4,732 |
| 1990s | 135 | #5,016 (1994) | #6,947 |
| 2000s | 235 | #4,373 (2005) | #5,575 |
| 2010s | 209 | #4,811 (2017) | #6,441 |
| 2020s | 80 | #6,691 (2021) | #8,018 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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