Girls' name · since 1914
Iolene
Iolene has 50 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Iolene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 50 have been recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iolene has been recorded 50 times among girls since 1914, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1929.
- #35,017 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iolene ranks #35,017 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #35,017 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Iolene's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Iolene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iolene splits its recorded history at 1922: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iolene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1929
- Peak year (1920)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Iolene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (39 births, 78% of the file).
1920s was Iolene's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Iolene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 39 births (78% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Iolene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1929 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iolene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.