Jolene

Where Jolene comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jolene
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #3,869 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #245
    1,053 babies named Jolene — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #471.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely known Jolene turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.