Jole — unisex name
53 babies named Jole in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Jole was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Jole in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jole
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Jole between 1956 and 2002, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jole currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Jole is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jole performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jole shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jole 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 53 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.
Jole at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jole popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1956
- Peak year (1977)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
53 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 7 births in a single year.
Jole popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1991 (Jole as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jole accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jole by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 27 births that decade — 51% of Jole's all-time total
Jole decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jole's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1956–2002 (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.