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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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—
2011#915284—
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—
1993#918208—
1992#1,046176—
1991#850235—
1990#793254—
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1976#301766—
1975#248998#5,4645
1974#2451,053#4,1907
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1972#599266—
1971#557321—
1970#512383—
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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 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAKMaine: 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: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,059 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: #553 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,628 girlsMNIllinois: #1,223 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,811 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWIMichigan: #913 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,968 girlsMINew York: #873 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,055 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #882 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,456 girlsINOhio: #1,112 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,700 girlsOHPennsylvania: #694 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,023 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,032 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 7,680 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,583 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: #738 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,058 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNMKansas: #537 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,690 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: 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: #1,397 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 11,139 girlsTXFlorida: #1,727 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,404 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#537 · 1 in 2,690
  2. Minnesota#553 · 1 in 3,628
  3. Washington#687 · 1 in 4,059
  4. Pennsylvania#694 · 1 in 5,023
  5. Arizona#738 · 1 in 4,058

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#53751 in 2,690
Minnesota#55371 in 3,628
Washington#68771 in 4,059
Pennsylvania#694111 in 5,023
Arizona#73881 in 4,058
Missouri#78751 in 5,583
New York#873161 in 6,055
Indiana#88251 in 6,456
Michigan#91371 in 6,968
California#1,032291 in 7,680
Ohio#1,11261 in 9,700
Illinois#1,22371 in 9,811
Texas#1,397141 in 11,139
Florida#1,72751 in 15,404
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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 2002

girls
#1,144
181 births · 1 in 9,928 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,144Jolene181
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 9,928 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 93.7% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #1,135Tyanna183
  2. #1,142Eunice182
  3. #1,142Karis182
  4. #1,144Jolene181
  5. #1,144Chantel181
  6. #1,144Citlaly181
  7. #1,144Sequoia181
  8. #1,148Cloe180
  9. #1,148Darian180
  10. #1,148Julisa180

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →