Jolene — #608 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jolene

The Social Security Administration has registered 35,797 babies named Jolene between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jolene currently holds the #608 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 1,053 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolene performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6,018 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jolene shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,299 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Jolene in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jolene 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 35,797 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.