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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #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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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—
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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 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: #179 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 946 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #235 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,475 girlsWAIdaho: #120 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 490 girlsIDMontana: #185 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 855 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #123 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 463 girlsNDMinnesota: #181 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsMNIllinois: #410 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,581 girlsILWisconsin: #218 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,894 girlsWIMichigan: #564 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,950 girlsMINew York: #740 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,615 girlsNYMassachusetts: #488 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,279 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #268 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,807 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #137 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 589 girlsSDIowa: #126 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 593 girlsIAIndiana: #402 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,823 girlsINOhio: #462 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,000 girlsOHPennsylvania: #415 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 5,370 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #363 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 3,045 girlsCAUtah: #81 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 310 girlsUTColorado: #345 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,555 girlsCONebraska: #97 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 396 girlsNEMissouri: #377 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,957 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: #307 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsAZNew Mexico: #280 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,540 girlsNMKansas: #137 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 638 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedTNNorth 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: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,151 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: #669 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,460 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#81 · 1 in 310
  2. Nebraska#97 · 1 in 396
  3. Idaho#120 · 1 in 490
  4. North Dakota#123 · 1 in 463
  5. Iowa#126 · 1 in 593

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#81331 in 310
Nebraska#97371 in 396
Idaho#120131 in 490
North Dakota#123151 in 463
Iowa#126481 in 593
Kansas#137341 in 638
South Dakota#137131 in 589
Maine#179101 in 946
Minnesota#181331 in 1,103
Montana#18581 in 855
Wisconsin#218221 in 1,894
Washington#235191 in 1,475
Oregon#26891 in 1,807
New Mexico#28071 in 1,540
Arizona#30771 in 1,718
Colorado#34571 in 2,555
California#363481 in 3,045
Oklahoma#37671 in 3,151
Missouri#377111 in 3,957
Indiana#402101 in 4,823
Illinois#410221 in 4,581
Pennsylvania#415211 in 5,370
Ohio#462171 in 6,000
Massachusetts#48851 in 10,279
Michigan#564101 in 8,950
Texas#669151 in 7,460
New York#740121 in 13,615
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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 1955

girls
#382
531 births · 1 in 3,682 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #382Jolene531
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 3,682 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #379Luanne543
  2. #380Kelly539
  3. #381Bessie533
  4. #382Jolene531
  5. #383Amelia530
  6. #384Jeanine528
  7. #385Elsie526
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →