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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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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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—
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1976#301766—
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 2006

  • 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: #1,045 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,814 girlsILWisconsin: #564 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,147 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMINew York: #1,170 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,044 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: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsNVWyoming: 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: #897 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,514 girlsINOhio: #1,214 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,550 girlsOHPennsylvania: #753 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,031 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #808 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 5,104 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedUTColorado: #569 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,814 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: #339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsWVVirginia: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,311 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,070 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,381 girlsAZNew 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: #1,250 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,746 girlsTXFlorida: #1,789 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,854 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#339 · 1 in 1,403
  2. Nevada#562 · 1 in 2,502
  3. Wisconsin#564 · 1 in 3,147
  4. Colorado#569 · 1 in 2,814
  5. Pennsylvania#753 · 1 in 5,031

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#33951 in 1,403
Nevada#56251 in 2,502
Wisconsin#56481 in 3,147
Colorado#56991 in 2,814
Pennsylvania#753111 in 5,031
California#808461 in 5,104
Indiana#89761 in 5,514
Virginia#99761 in 6,311
Illinois#1,045101 in 6,814
Arizona#1,07061 in 6,381
New York#1,170121 in 8,044
Ohio#1,21461 in 9,550
Texas#1,250191 in 8,746
Florida#1,78961 in 14,854
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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 2006

girls
#1,188
204 births · 1 in 9,320 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #1,188Jolene204
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 9,320 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 94.1% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #1,184Dianna205
  2. #1,184Kori205
  3. #1,184Norma205
  4. #1,188Jolene204
  5. #1,188Annelise204
  6. #1,188Charli204
  7. #1,188Kamari204
  8. #1,196Trisha203
  9. #1,197Cianna202
  10. #1,197Kacie202

Tied with 7 names at #1,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →