Jolene

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Jolene is a feminine given name derived from a combination of the name Jo with the suffix -lene, common in other names in fashion during the middle of the 20th century such as Marlene.

From Wikipedia

Jolene first appears in the data in 1918 and has been recorded in 107 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1974 with 1,053 babies (rank #245 that year). In 2024 it was given to 493 girls (rank #607). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Jolene

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jolene yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

35,809
Total babies (all years)
107
Years in the data
1,053
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19187#4,063
19197#4,040
19209#3,461
19217#4,236
19227#4,225
19236#4,668
192415#2,461
192515#2,432
192628#1,563
192725#1,700
192856#1,000
192958#947
193049#1,055
193153#954
193270#818
193384#711
193486#719
193593#696
193683#730
1937137#576
1938160#538
1939184#492
1940186#508
1941214#478
1942223#500
1943180#563
1944204#504
1945194#526
1946250#494
1947302#472
1948284#475
1949310#454
1950352#430
1951390#424
1952378#441
1953376#444
1954491#390
1955531#382
1956492#408
1957609#368
1958628#364
1959573#395
1960522#427
1961650#378
1962585#393
1963533#419
1964479#446
1965451#448
1966436#447
1967388#481
1968381#498
1969364#512
1970383#512
1971321#557
1972266#599
1973293#562
19741,053#245
1975998#248
1976766#301
1977739#320
1978632#342
1979567#387
1980718#337
1981756#315
1982769#316
1983673#342
1984545#395
1985447#471
1986368#553
1987355#565
1988389#556
1989274#721
1990253#795
1991235#852
1992176#1,047
1993208#918
1994162#1,107
1995159#1,117
1996154#1,180
1997160#1,157
1998147#1,240
1999129#1,374
2000149#1,294
2001170#1,202
2002181#1,146
2003186#1,165
2004222#1,044
2005193#1,189
2006204#1,190
2007194#1,268
2008228#1,131
2009239#1,070
2010263#970
2011284#916
2012298#889
2013277#919
2014388#722
2015384#734
2016544#573
2017691#459
2018692#455
2019693#450
2020647#475
2021687#455
2022645#488
2023555#544
2024493#607