Jolene

What Jolene means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jolene yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #734 in 2015 to #666 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jolene?

US: Steady: #734 in 2015, #666 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2328 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1974, when 1,053 girls got the name (#245 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.58 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.69 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jolene is #666 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jolene were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jaylene162 US
• Jolyne26 US
• Jailene22 US
• Joleen21 US
• Jolynn17 US
• Jolyn7 US
• Joelene7 US
• Jaelene6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Joleen
• Jo
• Joe

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Jolene

Girls

• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*

For a brother

• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jolene’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.