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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#666423
2024#603497
2023#544555
2022#486645
2021#455687
2020#475647
2019#450693
2018#455692
2017#460691
2016#571544
2015#734384
2014#722388
2013#918277
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
1989#721274
1988#556389
1987#563355
1986#553368
1985#471447
1984#395545
1983#342673
1982#316768
1981#315756
1980#337718
1979#387567
1978#342632
1977#320739
1976#301766
1975#248998#5,4645
1974#2451,053#4,1907
1973#561293
1972#599266
1971#557321
1970#512383
1969#512364
1968#496381
1967#481388
1966#447436
1965#447451
1964#445479
1963#419533
1962#393585
1961#378650
1960#427522
1959#395573
1958#364628
1957#368609
1956#408492
1955#382531
1954#389491
1953#443376
1952#441378
1951#424390
1950#429352
1949#454310
1948#475284
1947#472302
1946#492250
1945#526194
1944#504204
1943#563180
1942#499223
1941#478214
1940#507186
1939#492184
1938#537160
1937#575137
1936#72883
1935#69393
1934#71786
1933#70984
1932#81670
1931#95353
1930#1,05249
1929#94158
1928#99456
1927#1,66925
1926#1,54128
1925#2,37815
1924#2,40915
1923#4,3766
1922#4,0117
1921#4,0237
1920#3,3409
1919#3,8177
1918#3,8697
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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 2005

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,096 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,462 girlsILWisconsin: #625 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,578 girlsWIMichigan: #741 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,736 girlsMINew York: #1,127 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,923 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: #677 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,063 girlsINOhio: #856 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,364 girlsOHPennsylvania: #651 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,220 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,115 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,119 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #950 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 6,583 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: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNMKansas: 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: #1,278 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 9,447 girlsTXFlorida: #1,179 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,571 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#625 · 1 in 3,578
  2. Pennsylvania#651 · 1 in 4,220
  3. Indiana#677 · 1 in 4,063
  4. Michigan#741 · 1 in 4,736
  5. Ohio#856 · 1 in 6,364

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#62571 in 3,578
Pennsylvania#651131 in 4,220
Indiana#67781 in 4,063
Michigan#741101 in 4,736
Ohio#85691 in 6,364
California#950351 in 6,583
Illinois#1,09691 in 7,462
New Jersey#1,11551 in 8,119
New York#1,127121 in 7,923
Florida#1,179101 in 8,571
Texas#1,278171 in 9,447
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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 2005

girls
#1,189
193 births · 1 in 9,574 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #1,189Jolene193
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 9,574 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 93.8% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #1,185Jania194
  2. #1,185Kelli194
  3. #1,185Norma194
  4. #1,189Jolene193
  5. #1,189Lidia193
  6. #1,191Braelyn192
  7. #1,191Charley192
  8. #1,191Dahlia192

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

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. 6,271Mikalah#7,077#806
  2. 2,724Yuridia#3,689#965
  3. 2,236Naima#3,127#891
  4. 1,924Karol#2,742#818
  5. 1,125Karma#1,972#847
Fallers
  1. 397Rhea#908#1,305
  2. 360Laisha#789#1,149
  3. 334Ashtyn#956#1,290
  4. 285Hunter#742#1,027
  5. 282Angeles#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 2005