Jolanta
Jolanta was last recorded in 1985, when 8 babies were given it; 58 Americans have been recorded with it between 1961 and 1985 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jolanta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jolanta mean?
Wiktionary, Polish section
Jolanta is “a female given name, equivalent to English Yolande or Yolanda”
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )
/jɔˈlan.ta/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Polish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jolanta?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #7,878, in 1985; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
13 babies in 1977, the peak
Jolanta peaked in 1977, when 13 girls were given it, #5,046 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8 | #7,878 | 4.6 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,965 | 3.0 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,593 | 3.6 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,422 | 3.3 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,046 | 8.5 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,882 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,172 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,002 | 2.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Jolanta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jolanta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 8 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jolanta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jolanta, and how old are they?
An estimated 54 Americans named Jolanta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 3,308 people named Jolanta (3,304 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 55 born in the U.S. The Census count is 60.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jolanta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.