Jolette — #9038 US girls' name
751 babies named Jolette in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Jolette was born in this single decade.
258 babies were named Jolette in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jolette
The Social Security Administration has registered 751 babies named Jolette between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jolette currently holds the #9038 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 258 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jolette performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jolette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 152 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Jolette in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jolette 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 751 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.
Jolette at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jolette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1954
- Peak year (2005)
- 258
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
Currently ranks #9038 among girls.
751 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 258 births in a single year.
Jolette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 453 births that decade — 60% of Jolette's all-time total
Jolette decade highlights
- Peak decade 453 births
- Runner-up 167 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jolette's strongest decade
453 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Jolette by state
Where Jolette concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 152 | 20.2% |
| #2 | California | | 126 | 16.8% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 22 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 20 | 2.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 17 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 9 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 9 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 8 | 1.1% |
152 of 751 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 20.2% of nationwide
- California 16.8% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 20.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Jolette appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1954–2024 (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.