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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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—
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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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1972#599266—
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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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: #261 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,988 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #340 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,356 girlsWAIdaho: #170 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 643 girlsIDMontana: #213 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 955 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #114 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 441 girlsNDMinnesota: #162 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 842 girlsMNIllinois: #387 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,472 girlsILWisconsin: #266 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMINew York: #711 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,180 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #283 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,617 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #114 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 442 girlsSDIowa: #132 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 563 girlsIAIndiana: #465 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,037 girlsINOhio: #582 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,091 girlsOHPennsylvania: #419 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,296 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #419 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,923 girlsCTCalifornia: #497 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 4,427 girlsCAUtah: #94 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 356 girlsUTColorado: #205 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 977 girlsCONebraska: #141 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 603 girlsNEMissouri: #553 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,459 girlsMOKentucky: #379 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,556 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: #324 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,681 girlsAZNew Mexico: #212 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 883 girlsNMKansas: #212 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,168 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: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #581 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,546 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: #245 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,001 girlsHITexas: #945 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,599 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#94 · 1 in 356
  2. North Dakota#114 · 1 in 441
  3. South Dakota#114 · 1 in 442
  4. Iowa#132 · 1 in 563
  5. Nebraska#141 · 1 in 603

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#94301 in 356
North Dakota#114151 in 441
South Dakota#114161 in 442
Iowa#132501 in 563
Nebraska#141241 in 603
Minnesota#162461 in 842
Idaho#170101 in 643
Colorado#205201 in 977
Kansas#212181 in 1,168
New Mexico#212141 in 883
Montana#21371 in 955
Hawaii#24561 in 1,001
Maine#26151 in 1,988
Wisconsin#266201 in 2,247
Oregon#283101 in 1,617
Arizona#32491 in 1,681
Washington#340121 in 2,356
Kentucky#37991 in 3,556
Illinois#387311 in 3,472
Connecticut#41951 in 4,923
Pennsylvania#419261 in 4,296
Indiana#465101 in 5,037
California#497391 in 4,427
Missouri#55361 in 7,459
Louisiana#58171 in 5,546
Ohio#582131 in 8,091
New York#711151 in 11,180
Texas#94591 in 12,599
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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 1960

girls
#427
522 births · 1 in 3,873 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #427Jolene522
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 3,873 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #424Marcy527
  2. #425Tammi525
  3. #426Colette524
  4. #427Jolene522
  5. #428Rosalie521
  6. #429Lena520
  7. #430Marguerite518
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →