Jolene

#666 for girls in 2025, 423 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #5,464
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 1,053 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
36,224
since 1918

Jolene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jolene has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #245, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#887298—
2011#915284—
2010#969263—
2009#1,068239—
2008#1,130228—
2007#1,269194—
2006#1,188204—
2005#1,189193—
2004#1,043222—
2003#1,160186—
2002#1,144181—
2001#1,200170—
2000#1,291149—
1999#1,371129—
1998#1,236147—
1997#1,155160—
1996#1,176154—
1995#1,113159—
1994#1,105162—
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1992#1,046176—
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1975#248998#5,4645
1974#2451,053#4,1907
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Jolene! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1923, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

Where Jolene is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWAIdaho: #121 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 512 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #291 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,038 girlsMNIllinois: #415 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,372 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWIMichigan: #487 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,299 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedSDIowa: #292 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #552 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,048 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #403 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,147 girlsCAUtah: #130 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 529 girlsUTColorado: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsCONebraska: #134 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 756 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMOKentucky: #371 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,939 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNMKansas: #136 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 684 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedARTennessee: #398 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,527 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #400 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,606 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #282 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedHITexas: #603 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,699 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#121 · 1 in 512
  2. Utah#130 · 1 in 529
  3. Nebraska#134 · 1 in 756
  4. Kansas#136 · 1 in 684
  5. Colorado#254 · 1 in 1,759

Best ever in a state: #41 in North Dakota, 1974.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#12181 in 512
Utah#13091 in 529
Nebraska#134121 in 756
Kansas#136181 in 684
Colorado#25451 in 1,759
Oklahoma#282111 in 1,820
Minnesota#29171 in 3,038
Iowa#29261 in 3,179
Kentucky#37171 in 3,939
Tennessee#39861 in 4,527
North Carolina#40081 in 4,606
California#403111 in 4,147
Illinois#415101 in 5,372
Michigan#48751 in 8,299
Pennsylvania#55261 in 12,048
Texas#603101 in 5,699
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jolene
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 63 spots since 2024 (#603 → #666)
  • 191 spots since 2020 (#475 → #666)
  • 68 spots since 2015 (#734 → #666)
  • Biggest jump: 675 spots in 1928 (#1,669 → #994)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1992 (#850 → #1,046)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1974 at #245 (1,053 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 80 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1931–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,394
  • Highest: 1 in 1,394 girls born in 1974 were named Jolene (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,800 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 16.6% of all girls named Jolene (6,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s14#3,817 (1919)#3,843
1920s226#941 (1929)#2,568
1930s999#492 (1939)#727
1940s2,347#454 (1949)#497
1950s4,820#364 (1958)#404
1960s4,789#378 (1961)#445
1970s6,018#245 (1974)#407
1980s5,293#315 (1981)#457
1990s1,784#793 (1990)#1,076
2000s1,966#1,043 (2004)#1,168
2010s4,514#450 (2019)#708
2020s3,454#455 (2021)#538

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.

Jolene in 1939

girls
#492
184 births · 1 in 5,960 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #492Jolene184
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 5,960 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #489Bennie188
  2. #489Lucile188
  3. #491Amanda185
  4. #492Jolene184
  5. #493Elouise183
  6. #493Roxie183
  7. #495Avis181
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939 →