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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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—
1994#1,105162—
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1992#1,046176—
1991#850235—
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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 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: #232 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #237 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsWAIdaho: #173 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 697 girlsIDMontana: #202 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 980 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #175 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 841 girlsNDMinnesota: #215 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsMNIllinois: #397 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,371 girlsILWisconsin: #264 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,332 girlsWIMichigan: #712 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,427 girlsMINew York: #663 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,297 girlsNYMassachusetts: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,370 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #196 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,008 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #170 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 829 girlsSDIowa: #115 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 505 girlsIAIndiana: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,213 girlsINOhio: #542 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,259 girlsOHPennsylvania: #477 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,811 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #363 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,008 girlsCAUtah: #90 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 351 girlsUTColorado: #316 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,343 girlsCONebraska: #142 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 629 girlsNEMissouri: #511 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,398 girlsMOKentucky: #457 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,591 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: #391 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,583 girlsAZNew Mexico: #263 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsNMKansas: #157 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 787 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: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,185 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: #684 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,655 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#90 · 1 in 351
  2. Iowa#115 · 1 in 505
  3. Nebraska#142 · 1 in 629
  4. Kansas#157 · 1 in 787
  5. South Dakota#170 · 1 in 829

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#90301 in 351
Iowa#115561 in 505
Nebraska#142231 in 629
Kansas#157281 in 787
South Dakota#17091 in 829
Idaho#17391 in 697
North Dakota#17581 in 841
Oregon#196161 in 1,008
Montana#20271 in 980
Minnesota#215231 in 1,612
Maine#23261 in 1,613
Washington#237201 in 1,432
New Mexico#26381 in 1,372
Wisconsin#264181 in 2,332
Colorado#31681 in 2,343
California#363521 in 3,008
Oklahoma#38671 in 3,185
Arizona#39151 in 2,583
Illinois#397241 in 4,371
Kentucky#45761 in 5,591
Pennsylvania#477171 in 6,811
Massachusetts#49251 in 10,370
Missouri#51171 in 6,398
Indiana#52771 in 7,213
Ohio#542131 in 8,259
New York#663161 in 10,297
Texas#684151 in 7,655
Michigan#71271 in 13,427
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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 1956

girls
#408
492 births · 1 in 4,081 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #408Jolene492
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 4,081 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.1% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #405Camille500
  2. #406Minnie494
  3. #407Daisy493
  4. #408Jolene492
  5. #409Noreen491
  6. #410Nellie487
  7. #411Stacey486
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →