Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Jolene

Gender

Female

Origin

English
he will increase
Beautiful; variant of Jolie

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Jolene

Pronunciation

j(o)-le-ne

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1974 (rank #4192, 7 births); most recent 1975 (rank #5469, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #245, 1,052 births); most recent 2025 (rank #666, 423 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–423
2024–493
2023–555
2022–645
2021–687
2020–647
2019–693
2018–692
2017–691
2016–544

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #869, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2787, 9 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20259
202415
202313
20229
202111
202017
201916
201811
201715
20167

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #3528, 6 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20236
20225
20214
20205
20193
20184
20174
20164
20154
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #311, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #830, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20233
20224
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #175, 28 births); most recent 2006 (rank #537, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #252, 5 births); most recent 2003 (rank #284, 4 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1982 (rank #88, 44 births); most recent 2022 (rank #316, 11 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
202211
20216
20205
2019–
201812
20178
20167
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence