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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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—
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1992#1,046176—
1991#850235—
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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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1968#496381—
1967#481388—
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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 2018

  • 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: #178 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 594 girlsNHWashington: #567 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,534 girlsWAIdaho: #342 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #693 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsMNIllinois: #439 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,983 girlsILWisconsin: #372 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsWIMichigan: #359 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,548 girlsMINew York: #531 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,627 girlsNYMassachusetts: #657 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,515 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedRIOregon: #428 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,750 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: #436 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,858 girlsINOhio: #322 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,379 girlsOHPennsylvania: #370 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,623 girlsPANew Jersey: #442 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,996 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #354 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 1,754 girlsCAUtah: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,337 girlsUTColorado: #385 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,591 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #302 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,204 girlsMOKentucky: #375 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,478 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedWVVirginia: #573 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,765 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,892 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDEArizona: #473 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsAZNew Mexico: #353 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,164 girlsNMKansas: #353 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,340 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedARTennessee: #552 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #430 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,957 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #752 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,536 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #352 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,304 girlsOKLouisiana: #527 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,176 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedMSAlabama: #788 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsALGeorgia: #651 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,084 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jolene, so not publishedHITexas: #411 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 2,037 girlsTXFlorida: #447 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,075 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#178 · 1 in 594
  2. Missouri#302 · 1 in 1,204
  3. Ohio#322 · 1 in 1,379
  4. Idaho#342 · 1 in 1,199
  5. Oklahoma#352 · 1 in 1,304

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#17861 in 594
Missouri#302221 in 1,204
Ohio#322371 in 1,379
Idaho#34251 in 1,199
Oklahoma#352121 in 1,304
Kansas#35391 in 1,340
New Mexico#35351 in 1,164
California#3541081 in 1,754
Michigan#359261 in 1,548
Pennsylvania#370311 in 1,623
Wisconsin#372141 in 1,590
Kentucky#375121 in 1,478
Colorado#385141 in 1,591
Texas#411781 in 2,037
Oregon#42881 in 1,750
North Carolina#430231 in 1,957
Indiana#436161 in 1,858
Illinois#439271 in 1,983
New Jersey#442181 in 1,996
Florida#447411 in 2,075
Arizona#473141 in 2,099
Louisiana#52791 in 2,176
New York#531331 in 2,627
Tennessee#552131 in 2,398
Washington#567121 in 2,534
Virginia#573131 in 2,765
Georgia#651151 in 3,084
Massachusetts#65771 in 3,515
Utah#66651 in 3,337
Minnesota#69371 in 3,356
South Carolina#75251 in 3,536
Maryland#78761 in 3,892
Alabama#78851 in 3,742
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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 2018

girls
#455
692 births · 1 in 2,458 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #455Jolene692
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,458 of them was named Jolene, which outranked 97.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jolene
  1. #452Kathryn699
  2. #452Rosemary699
  3. #452Sierra699
  4. #455Jolene692
  5. #456Elisa691
  6. #457Alondra690
  7. #458Helena689
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →