Recorded 1960–2015 Girls' name Peak 1971 77 births

Jolana — girls' name

77 babies named Jolana in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s151970s281980s232010s11
1970s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Jolana was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

8 babies were named Jolana in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jolana

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Jolana between 1960 and 2015, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jolana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jolana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jolana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 77 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Jolana at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

77

Since 1960

56 years of records

Peak year

1971

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1960

Recorded for 56 years

Last year on file: 2015

Jolana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1960

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1971)
8
Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
456789 2015198919821977197419691960 5

Jolana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
28 births that decade — 36% of Jolana's all-time total
1960s151970s281980s232010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jolana?
77 babies have been named Jolana since 1960. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1971 with 8 births.
When was Jolana most popular?
Jolana was most popular in the 1970s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Jolana been used?
Jolana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 56 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Jolana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jolene, Jolie, Joleen, Jolynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.