Jolee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOH-lee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Jolee is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “pretty”. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Jolee mean?
French: spelling of Jolie; also read as Jo + Lee
“pretty”
Probably a respelling of Jolie, the French word for 'pretty', though it can also be read as Jo plus Lee.
Is Jolee a girl's or a boy's name?
Jolee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jolee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 girls.
Jolee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
How popular is Jolee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Jolee, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,608th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 161 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jolee than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Jolee in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were given Jolee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,559, up from #2,645 for this spelling alone.
Jolee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 82 | #2,258 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,980 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,608 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 138 | #1,568 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,919 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2012 | 125 | #1,685 |
| 2011 | 111 | #1,817 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,860 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,778 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 116 | #1,829 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,627 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 73 | #2,298 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
Nicknames for Jolee
Names like Jolee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine Zoe Ellie Chloe Mia Scarlett Willow Freya Amelie Zara Molly Harper
Other spellings of Jolee
Names related to Jolee
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jolee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jolee, updated 20 October 2026.