girls:
739 births since 1954
#4977 (13th percentile)
overall:
739 births since 1954
#7000 (10th percentile)
The name Jolette is the #7,000 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 739 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 9.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,977 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 739 births since 1954.
Jolette first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (first recorded for girls in 1954). Birth data for Jolette is available in 30 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Jolette reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 26.8% percentile (ranked #688) with 127 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 127 births per million (ranked 26.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jolette ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 4.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jolette".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jolette. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.0% confident that Jolette is pronounced as joh-LEHT, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JOH-leht, at 23.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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