Joleene — girls' name
104 babies named Joleene in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Joleene was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Joleene in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joleene
The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Joleene between 1943 and 2017, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joleene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joleene performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Joleene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joleene 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 104 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.
Joleene at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joleene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1943
- Peak year (1981)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
104 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 9 births in a single year.
Joleene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 30 births that decade — 29% of Joleene's all-time total
Joleene decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Joleene's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% 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, 1943–2017 (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.