Jolene
Jolene is ranked 607th among girls in 2024 (493 births). Its best rank was 245th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- #607down 63 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4930.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19741,053 births
- Best rank
- #245in 1974
- Since 1918
- 35,797people given the name
The story in the numbers
35,797 girls have been named Jolene in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 1,053 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 17%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jolene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 14 | |
| 1920s | 226 | |
| 1930s | 999 | |
| 1940s | 2,347 | |
| 1950s | 4,820 | |
| 1960s | 4,789 | |
| 1970s | 6,018 | |
| 1980s | 5,294 | |
| 1990s | 1,783 | |
| 2000s | 1,966 | |
| 2010s | 4,514 | |
| 2020s | 3,027 |
In 1974, its biggest year
Jolene was the 245th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Jolene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adelitapeak 1961
- Cameliapeak 1987
- Charlettepeak 1971
- Janellapeak 1971
- Lindypeak 1979
- Joleenpeak 1974
- Tomipeak 1977
- Deapeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.