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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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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2009#1,068239—
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2004#1,043222—
2003#1,160186—
2002#1,144181—
2001#1,200170—
2000#1,291149—
1999#1,371129—
1998#1,236147—
1997#1,155160—
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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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #96 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 372 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNHWashington: #513 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,438 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: #395 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,053 girlsMNIllinois: #1,433 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,507 girlsILWisconsin: #448 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,557 girlsWIMichigan: #888 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,628 girlsMINew York: #776 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,264 girlsNYMassachusetts: #721 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,263 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #510 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,371 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedIAIndiana: #475 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,483 girlsINOhio: #844 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,772 girlsOHPennsylvania: #509 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,177 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #480 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,707 girlsCTCalifornia: #842 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 6,882 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedUTColorado: #419 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,603 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMOKentucky: 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: #523 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,225 girlsAZNew Mexico: #217 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 938 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedKSArkansas: 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: 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: #1,441 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,156 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#96 · 1 in 372
  2. New Mexico#217 · 1 in 938
  3. Minnesota#395 · 1 in 3,053
  4. Colorado#419 · 1 in 2,603
  5. Wisconsin#448 · 1 in 3,557

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#9691 in 372
New Mexico#217101 in 938
Minnesota#39591 in 3,053
Colorado#41981 in 2,603
Wisconsin#44881 in 3,557
Indiana#475101 in 3,483
Connecticut#48051 in 3,707
Pennsylvania#509171 in 4,177
Oregon#51051 in 3,371
Washington#51391 in 3,438
Arizona#52381 in 3,225
Massachusetts#72151 in 7,263
New York#776191 in 6,264
California#842381 in 6,882
Ohio#84481 in 8,772
Michigan#88871 in 8,628
Illinois#1,43351 in 15,507
Texas#1,44191 in 15,156
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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 1991

girls
#850
235 births · 1 in 7,979 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #850Jolene235
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 7,979 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.5% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #847Ava236
  2. #847Brook236
  3. #847Janel236
  4. #850Jolene235
  5. #850Dara235
  6. #850Kathrine235
  7. #850Leandra235
  8. #857Deidra234
  9. #857Marjorie234
  10. #859Lana233

Tied with 6 names at #850; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →