Jolene is an established girls' name that peaked in 1974 and has grown less common since.
Jolene is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #666 for girl births in the United States (and #1,317 across all names), given to 423 babies. Jolene was first reported in SSA data in 1918 and peaked in 1974 (1,053 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 423 | 423 | #666 | — |
| 2024 | 497 | 497 | #603 | — |
| 2023 | 555 | 555 | #544 | — |
| 2022 | 645 | 645 | #488 | — |
| 2021 | 687 | 687 | #455 | — |
| 2020 | 647 | 647 | #475 | — |
| 2019 | 693 | 693 | #450 | — |
| 2018 | 692 | 692 | #455 | — |
| 2017 | 691 | 691 | #460 | — |
| 2016 | 544 | 544 | #573 | — |
| 2015 | 384 | 384 | #734 | — |
| 2014 | 388 | 388 | #722 | — |
| 2013 | 277 | 277 | #919 | — |
| 2012 | 298 | 298 | #889 | — |
| 2011 | 284 | 284 | #916 | — |
| 2010 | 263 | 263 | #970 | — |
| 2009 | 239 | 239 | #1,070 | — |
| 2008 | 228 | 228 | #1,131 | — |
| 2007 | 194 | 194 | #1,269 | — |
| 2006 | 204 | 204 | #1,190 | — |
| 2005 | 193 | 193 | #1,189 | — |
| 2004 | 222 | 222 | #1,044 | — |
| 2003 | 186 | 186 | #1,165 | — |
| 2002 | 181 | 181 | #1,146 | — |
| 2001 | 170 | 170 | #1,202 | — |
| 2000 | 149 | 149 | #1,294 | — |
| 1999 | 129 | 129 | #1,374 | — |
| 1998 | 147 | 147 | #1,240 | — |
| 1997 | 160 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1996 | 154 | — | #1,181 | — |
| 1995 | 159 | — | #1,117 | — |
| 1994 | 162 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1993 | 208 | — | #918 | — |
| 1992 | 176 | — | #1,047 | — |
| 1991 | 235 | — | #851 | — |
| 1990 | 254 | — | #793 | — |
| 1989 | 274 | — | #721 | — |
| 1988 | 389 | — | #556 | — |
| 1987 | 355 | — | #565 | — |
| 1986 | 368 | — | #553 | — |
| 1985 | 447 | — | #471 | — |
| 1984 | 545 | — | #395 | — |
| 1983 | 673 | — | #342 | — |
| 1982 | 768 | — | #316 | — |
| 1981 | 756 | — | #315 | — |
| 1980 | 718 | — | #337 | — |
| 1979 | 567 | — | #387 | — |
| 1978 | 632 | — | #342 | — |
| 1977 | 739 | — | #320 | — |
| 1976 | 766 | — | #301 | — |
| 1975 | 1,003 | — | #248 | #5,874 |
| 1974 | 1,060 | — | #245 | #4,385 |
| 1973 | 293 | — | #562 | — |
| 1972 | 266 | — | #599 | — |
| 1971 | 321 | — | #557 | — |
| 1970 | 383 | — | #512 | — |
| 1969 | 364 | — | #512 | — |
| 1968 | 381 | — | #498 | — |
| 1967 | 388 | — | #481 | — |
| 1966 | 436 | — | #447 | — |
| 1965 | 451 | — | #448 | — |
| 1964 | 479 | — | #446 | — |
| 1963 | 533 | — | #419 | — |
| 1962 | 585 | — | #393 | — |
| 1961 | 650 | — | #378 | — |
| 1960 | 522 | — | #427 | — |
| 1959 | 573 | — | #395 | — |
| 1958 | 628 | — | #364 | — |
| 1957 | 609 | — | #368 | — |
| 1956 | 492 | — | #408 | — |
| 1955 | 531 | — | #382 | — |
| 1954 | 491 | — | #390 | — |
| 1953 | 376 | — | #444 | — |
| 1952 | 378 | — | #441 | — |
| 1951 | 390 | — | #424 | — |
| 1950 | 352 | — | #431 | — |
| 1949 | 310 | — | #454 | — |
| 1948 | 284 | — | #475 | — |
| 1947 | 302 | — | #472 | — |
| 1946 | 250 | — | #494 | — |
| 1945 | 194 | — | #527 | — |
| 1944 | 204 | — | #504 | — |
| 1943 | 180 | — | #563 | — |
| 1942 | 223 | — | #500 | — |
| 1941 | 214 | — | #478 | — |
| 1940 | 186 | — | #508 | — |
| 1939 | 184 | — | #492 | — |
| 1938 | 160 | — | #538 | — |
| 1937 | 137 | — | #576 | — |
| 1936 | 83 | — | #730 | — |
| 1935 | 93 | — | #696 | — |
| 1934 | 86 | — | #719 | — |
| 1933 | 84 | — | #711 | — |
| 1932 | 70 | — | #818 | — |
| 1931 | 53 | — | #954 | — |
| 1930 | 49 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1929 | 58 | — | #947 | — |
| 1928 | 56 | — | #1,000 | — |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,700 | — |
| 1926 | 28 | — | #1,563 | — |
| 1925 | 15 | — | #2,432 | — |
| 1924 | 15 | — | #2,461 | — |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,668 | — |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #4,226 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,236 | — |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,461 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,040 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,063 | — |