Girls' name · since 1918
Jolene
Jolene has 36,224 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #733 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36,224
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jolene currently ranks #666 among girls' names in America, with 36,224 babies recorded since 1918.
Jolene has 36,224 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #666 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #733 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #666 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 36,224 born since 1918
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jolene ranks #733 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #666 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 36,224 born since 1918, peaking in the 1970s.
- #733 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36,224
- born since 1918
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jolene's 36,224 recorded births place it above 98.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jolene compares
36,224 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jolene's all-time total is 96x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jolene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36,224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,053 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jolene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jolene's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 1,053, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jolene popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1974)
- 1,053
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Jolene popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1974 (Jolene as boys' name)
Jolene by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6,018 births, 17% of the file).
1970s was Jolene's strongest decade.
6,018 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Jolene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s 226
1920s
226 births
- 1930s 999
1930s
999 births
- 1940s 2,347
1940s
2,347 births
- 1950s
1950s
4,820 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,789 births
- 1970s
1970s
6,018 births
- 1980s
1980s
5,293 births
- 1990s 1,784
1990s
1,784 births
- 2000s 1,966
2000s
1,966 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,514 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,454 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6,018 births (17% of all-time use).
How Jolene compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jolene's total volume
Jolene by state
Where Jolene concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,368 | 12.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 1,901 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Iowa | | 1,720 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 1,720 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 1,694 | 4.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,677 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,354 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,353 | 3.7% |
4,368 of 36,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Jolene appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jolene's data
- Jolene's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6,018 total births) through the 2020s (3,454) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jolenes (4,368 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jolene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Jolene 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.