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How popular is “Jolene” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jolene” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jolene” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jolene” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jolene” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jolene” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jolene” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jolene” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 7 0.000003224 7 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 15 0.000006429 15 100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 25 0.000010779 25 100%
1928 56 0.000024768 56 100%
1929 58 0.000026458 58 100%
1930 49 0.000022039 49 100%
1931 53 0.000025185 53 100%
1932 70 0.000033155 70 100%
1933 84 0.000042012 84 100%
1934 86 0.00004141 86 100%
1935 93 0.0000445 93 100%
1936 83 0.00003995 83 100%
1937 137 0.000064299 137 100%
1938 160 0.000072314 160 100%
1939 184 0.000083506 184 100%
1940 186 0.000080775 186 100%
1941 214 0.000087834 214 100%
1942 223 0.000081631 223 100%
1943 180 0.000063772 180 100%
1944 204 0.000075834 204 100%
1945 194 0.000073127 194 100%
1946 250 0.00007824 250 100%
1947 302 0.000083835 302 100%
1948 284 0.000082259 284 100%
1949 310 0.000088958 310 100%
1950 352 0.000100475 352 100%
1951 390 0.000105871 390 100%
1952 378 0.000099526 378 100%
1953 376 0.00009757 376 100%
1954 491 0.000123345 491 100%
1955 531 0.000132251 531 100%
1956 492 0.00011933 492 100%
1957 609 0.000144926 609 100%
1958 628 0.000151915 628 100%
1959 573 0.000137807 573 100%
1960 522 0.000125668 522 100%
1961 650 0.000156918 650 100%
1962 585 0.000144968 585 100%
1963 533 0.000134657 533 100%
1964 479 0.000123212 479 100%
1965 451 0.000124398 451 100%
1966 436 0.000125444 436 100%
1967 388 0.000114289 388 100%
1968 381 0.000112775 381 100%
1969 364 0.000104738 364 100%
1970 383 0.000106197 383 100%
1971 321 0.000093522 321 100%
1972 266 0.000084633 266 100%
1973 293 0.00009712 293 100%
1974 1060 0.000348684 1053 7 99%
1975 1003 0.000332186 998 5 99%
1976 766 0.000252447 766 100%
1977 739 0.000232646 739 100%
1978 632 0.000199126 632 100%
1979 567 0.000170424 567 100%
1980 718 0.000208448 718 100%
1981 756 0.000218537 756 100%
1982 769 0.000219216 769 100%
1983 673 0.000194321 673 100%
1984 545 0.000156216 545 100%
1985 447 0.000125241 447 100%
1986 368 0.000103456 368 100%
1987 355 0.000098458 355 100%
1988 389 0.000105276 389 100%
1989 274 0.000071272 274 100%
1990 253 0.00006401 253 100%
1991 235 0.00006033 235 100%
1992 176 0.000045818 176 100%
1993 208 0.000055168 208 100%
1994 162 0.000043576 162 100%
1995 159 0.000043417 159 100%
1996 154 0.000042224 154 100%
1997 160 0.000044129 160 100%
1998 147 0.000039965 147 100%
1999 129 0.000034923 129 100%
2000 149 0.000039419 149 100%
2001 170 0.000045413 170 100%
2002 181 0.000048418 181 100%
2003 186 0.000048918 186 100%
2004 222 0.000058101 222 100%
2005 193 0.000050197 193 100%
2006 204 0.000051565 204 100%
2007 194 0.000048528 194 100%
2008 228 0.000058005 228 100%
2009 239 0.000062563 239 100%
2010 263 0.000071163 263 100%
2011 284 0.000077642 284 100%
2012 298 0.000081479 298 100%
2013 277 0.000075981 277 100%
2014 388 0.000104684 388 100%
2015 384 0.000103758 384 100%
2016 544 0.000148281 544 100%
2017 691 0.000193222 691 100%
2018 692 0.00019682 692 100%
2019 693 0.000199658 693 100%
2020 647 0.000193679 647 100%
2021 687 0.000202778 687 100%
2022 645 0.000190652 645 100%
2023 555 0.000167613 555 100%
2024 493 0.000148115 493 100%

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