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Jolene
Pronounced /d͡ʒoʊˈliːn/
Rank in 2024
#608
Born in 2024
493
Peak year
1974 · #245
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 493 girls were named Jolene, about 1 in every 3,272.
- It peaked in 1974 with 1,053 babies, ranked #245.
- It first shows up in the records in 1918.
- 35,797 girls have been named Jolene since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jolene per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 126 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 2,314 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,735 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,756 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Millennials: 5,923 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,247 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,696 babies, 0.33 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A blend of the element Jo... in common anglicized forms of various Hebrew names and the ending ...lene shared by the German names Helene and Magdalene. Cognate with Charlene, Darlene, and Marlene, which were constructed in similar manner from the names Charles, darling, and Maria.
- A female given name originating as a coinage. [20th cent.]
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /d͡ʒoʊˈliːn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jolene, CC BY-SA 4.0.