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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #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—
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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 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: #188 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,097 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #235 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsWAIdaho: #111 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 423 girlsIDMontana: #180 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 755 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #117 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 463 girlsNDMinnesota: #212 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,323 girlsMNIllinois: #431 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 4,335 girlsILWisconsin: #266 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,338 girlsWIMichigan: #461 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,301 girlsMINew York: #618 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 8,018 girlsNYMassachusetts: #385 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,345 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #227 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,174 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #105 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 429 girlsSDIowa: #107 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 447 girlsIAIndiana: #333 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,945 girlsINOhio: #423 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 4,605 girlsOHPennsylvania: #477 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,019 girlsPANew Jersey: #678 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,438 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #413 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 3,262 girlsCAUtah: #92 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 344 girlsUTColorado: #223 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsCONebraska: #105 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 444 girlsNEMissouri: #449 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,998 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: #175 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 870 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: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,047 girlsOKLouisiana: #536 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,955 girlsLAMississippi: 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: #1,005 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,222 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#92 · 1 in 344
  2. South Dakota#105 · 1 in 429
  3. Nebraska#105 · 1 in 444
  4. Iowa#107 · 1 in 447
  5. Idaho#111 · 1 in 423

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#92301 in 344
Nebraska#105331 in 444
South Dakota#105171 in 429
Iowa#107641 in 447
Idaho#111151 in 423
North Dakota#117151 in 463
Kansas#175251 in 870
Montana#18091 in 755
Maine#18891 in 1,097
Minnesota#212301 in 1,323
Colorado#223171 in 1,112
Oregon#227131 in 1,174
Washington#235231 in 1,241
Wisconsin#266191 in 2,338
Indiana#333171 in 2,945
Massachusetts#385101 in 5,345
Oklahoma#38971 in 3,047
California#413511 in 3,262
Ohio#423231 in 4,605
Illinois#431251 in 4,335
Missouri#44991 in 4,998
Michigan#461171 in 5,301
Pennsylvania#477191 in 6,019
Louisiana#53681 in 4,955
New York#618211 in 8,018
New Jersey#67851 in 11,438
Texas#1,00581 in 14,222
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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 1959

girls
#395
573 births · 1 in 3,531 girls

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #395Jolene573
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 3,531 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #391Jessie585
  2. #393Ana579
  3. #394Susanne577
  4. #395Jolene573
  5. #396Hope563
  6. #397Mindy560
  7. #398Marguerite555
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →