Jolene

Girl · recorded 1918–2025

  • #666in 2025
  • 1 in 3,799girls in 2025
  • +22%last ten years
  • 1.9×in Ohio

Most popular in 1974, and up 22% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

035971819181945197219982025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 108 recorded years as a table
Jolene, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19186
19196
19208
19216
19226
19235
192412
192512
192624
192721
192849
192952
193044
193150
193266
193383
193482
193589
193680
1937129
1938145
1939168
1940163
1941177
1942165
1943129
1944154
1945148
1946159
1947170
1948167
1949181
1950205
1951217
1952204
1953200
1954253
1955272
1956245
1957298
1958312
1959283
1960258
1961322
1962297
1963277
1964253
1965256
1966258
1967235
1968232
1969216
1970219
1971193
1972175
1973201
1974718
1975685
1976523
1977482
1978413
1979353
1980432
1981453
1982454
1983403
1984324
1985260
1986215
1987204
1988218
1989149
1990134
1991125
199295
1993115
199491
199590
199688
199792
199883
199973
200082
200194
2002101
2003102
2004121
2005104
2006107
2007101
2008121
2009130
2010148
2011161
2012169
2013158
2014217
2015215
2016307
2017400
2018407
2019413
2020400
2021419
2022393
2023346
2024307
2025263

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Ohio 1.9×
  2. Wisconsin 1.8×
  3. Michigan 1.7×
  4. California 1.7×
  5. Washington 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
423
Rank in 2025
#666
How rare
1 in 3,799 girls
Since 1918
36,224

Most popular in 1974, at 718 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 22% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Ohio1.9×83
Wisconsin1.8×33
Michigan1.7×55
California1.7×251
Washington1.6×42

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.