NameTides

Jolene

Jolene was the #666 girls' name in the US in 2025 (423 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #723 in Canada.

Jolene as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jolene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Jolene as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#666 (423)#2,788 (9)———#723 (41)
2024#603 (497)#1,895 (15)———#694 (42)
2023#544 (555)#2,063 (13)——#856 (3)#698 (40)
2022#486 (645)#2,674 (9)——#747 (4)#554 (51)
2021#455 (687)#2,341 (11)———#577 (52)
2020#475 (647)#1,687 (17)———#693 (41)
2019#450 (693)#1,782 (16)———#573 (54)
2018#455 (692)#2,340 (11)———#655 (45)
2017#460 (691)#1,911 (15)———#732 (39)
2016#571 (544)#3,214 (7)———#617 (49)
2015#734 (384)#2,328 (11)——#896 (3)#778 (36)
2014#722 (388)#1,798 (16)——#752 (4)#847 (32)
2013#918 (277)#2,649 (9)———#595 (50)
2012#887 (298)#3,285 (7)———#710 (40)
2011#915 (284)#2,025 (13)———#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1974 at #245.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jolene is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jolene by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #368WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #396ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #473OHPennsylvania: #466PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #714FL
Jolene (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Jolene (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoleneCanadaGirls#72341
JoleneEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
JoleneIrelandGirls—too few
JoleneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoleneScotlandGirls—too few
JoleneUSGirls#666423
JoleneUSBoys—too few