Joelene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-leen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Joelene is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Joelene mean?
Modern: spelling of Jolene (Jo + -lene), or a feminine form of Joel
Probably a spelling of Jolene, the name made famous by Dolly Parton's 1973 song, or a feminine form of Joel.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Joelene a girl's or a boy's name?
Joelene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joelene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Joelene, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1927.
Half of all the girls named Joelene in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joelene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
Nicknames for Joelene
Names like Joelene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jolene Michelle Janelle Nicole Danielle Julie Jasmine Jamie Josette Noelle Jacqueline Celeste
Names related to Joelene
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joelene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joelene, updated 20 October 2026.