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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #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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1976#301766—
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 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: #234 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,000 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #408 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,303 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #241 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,356 girlsMNIllinois: #461 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,792 girlsILWisconsin: #314 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,133 girlsWIMichigan: #610 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,118 girlsMINew York: #910 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,070 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #124 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 693 girlsIAIndiana: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,581 girlsINOhio: #618 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,873 girlsOHPennsylvania: #691 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,240 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #505 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,942 girlsCAUtah: #76 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 333 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCONebraska: #136 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 792 girlsNEMissouri: #436 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,863 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedKYWest 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: #126 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 683 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedARTennessee: #519 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,028 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: 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: #560 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,738 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedHITexas: #689 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,338 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#76 · 1 in 333
  2. Iowa#124 · 1 in 693
  3. Kansas#126 · 1 in 683
  4. Nebraska#136 · 1 in 792
  5. Maine#234 · 1 in 2,000

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#76261 in 333
Iowa#124411 in 693
Kansas#126271 in 683
Nebraska#136171 in 792
Maine#23451 in 2,000
Minnesota#241141 in 2,356
Indiana#312121 in 3,581
Wisconsin#31491 in 4,133
Washington#40861 in 4,303
Missouri#43671 in 5,863
Illinois#461131 in 6,792
California#505191 in 5,942
Tennessee#51951 in 8,028
Georgia#56051 in 8,738
Michigan#61061 in 12,118
Ohio#61871 in 12,873
Texas#689111 in 8,338
Pennsylvania#69171 in 16,240
New York#91061 in 25,070
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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 1947

girls
#472
302 births · 1 in 5,870 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #472Jolene302
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 5,870 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 92.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #469Lavonne307
  2. #470Celeste306
  3. #471Willa303
  4. #472Jolene302
  5. #472Margery302
  6. #474Arleen301
  7. #475Merry300
  8. #475Pearlie300

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →