Jolie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zho-LEE
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,029 for girls
Jolie is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “pretty”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,029th for girls in the US (243 babies).
What does Jolie mean?
French: French word
“pretty”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jolie a girl's or a boy's name?
Jolie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 243 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jolie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Jolie, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 71 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jolie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Jolie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 39 | #927 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 54 | #655 |
| 2005 | 71 | #525 |
| 2004 | 60 | #576 |
| 2003 | 52 | #617 |
| 2002 | 61 | #539 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Jolie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,029th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 243 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 243 girls in the US were named Jolie, making it the 1,029th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 716th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 546 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jolie than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Jolie in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jolie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 243 | #1,029 |
| 2024 | 294 | #901 |
| 2023 | 295 | #905 |
| 2022 | 358 | #789 |
| 2021 | 389 | #732 |
| 2020 | 389 | #716 |
| 2019 | 401 | #711 |
| 2018 | 415 | #700 |
| 2017 | 438 | #671 |
| 2016 | 433 | #675 |
| 2015 | 376 | #752 |
| 2014 | 355 | #790 |
| 2013 | 353 | #772 |
| 2012 | 354 | #776 |
| 2011 | 369 | #745 |
| 2010 | 407 | #700 |
| 2009 | 434 | #669 |
| 2008 | 546 | #563 |
| 2007 | 520 | #578 |
| 2006 | 477 | #613 |
| 2005 | 457 | #618 |
| 2004 | 440 | #621 |
| 2003 | 377 | #692 |
| 2002 | 412 | #619 |
| 2001 | 385 | #654 |
| 2000 | 276 | #818 |
| 1999 | 152 | #1,236 |
| 1998 | 109 | #1,531 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,604 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,304 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 58 | #2,236 |
| 1992 | 60 | #2,215 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,067 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,948 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,976 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,820 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 83 | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,328 |
| 1980 | 94 | #1,337 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,364 |
| 1978 | 100 | #1,241 |
| 1977 | 113 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,055 |
| 1975 | 120 | #1,007 |
| 1974 | 146 | #882 |
| 1973 | 120 | #990 |
| 1972 | 133 | #923 |
| 1971 | 171 | #812 |
| 1970 | 177 | #789 |
| 1969 | 167 | #796 |
| 1968 | 137 | #879 |
| 1967 | 80 | #1,187 |
| 1966 | 71 | #1,284 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,622 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,518 |
| 1963 | 49 | #1,622 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,654 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,497 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,716 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
Names like Jolie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Mia, Darcie, Ellie, Amelie, Maisie, Sylvie, Edie, Scarlett, Zoe, Stevie, Willow
Names related to Jolie
Julie, Joley, Jolee, Joelie, Joeli, Joli, Joliyah, Joleah, Jolea
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Jolie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jolie, updated 20 October 2026.