Jolette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- joh-LET
- Origin
- Modern
Jolette is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jolette mean?
Modern: Jo + the French diminutive ending -ette
Appears to combine Jo with the French diminutive ending -ette, as in Josette.
Is Jolette a girl's or a boy's name?
Jolette is a girls' name.
How popular is Jolette in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 258 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Jolette in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jolette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 258 | #954 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Nicknames for Jolette
Names like Jolette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaylene, Jazlyn, Miley, Phoebe, Jaylee, Ellie, Reese, Jovie, Jasmine, Zoe, Jade, Jazelle
Names related to Jolette
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Jolette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jolette, updated 20 October 2026.