Jolana

Girls' name

Form of Yolanda

Jolana has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Jolana, 2015

1 in 740,000

Jolana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jolana: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Yolanda

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jolana means

Jolana is a form of Yolanda.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jolana is used in Czech and Slovak.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈjo.la.na/ and /ˈjɔ.la.na/ for Jolana.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jolana → Yolanda. The family’s proposed meaning is “violet + flower”, recorded in English with the source elements ἴον and ἄνθος.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yolanda.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Jolana is pronounced [ˈjolana].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 girls were recorded with the name Jolana between 1960 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1971; its best national rank was #6,256 in 1971.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jolana?

Jolana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jolana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jolana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jolanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jolana was born before 1977 — so the typical Jolana is around 48 today.

Median birth year: 1977; About 48 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 36.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 76; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 36.8% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Jolana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1971 (8)
Years since peak: 54; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,256; 1971

Spellings of Jolana

Jolana is not the most common spelling — Joan is, with 35.3% against Jolana's <0.01%.

Joan35.3%481,238
Joann11.5%156,892
Yolanda8.3%112,918
Joanna8.2%111,761
Alana5.0%68,264
Juliana5.0%67,748
Lana4.2%57,434
Johanna4.0%54,247

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jolana around the world

Where Jolana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2017–2019
#5,591
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Jolana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,256; 1971
Peak year: 1971; 8 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jolana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Joliana Jolani Viyana Taiana Lilana Mahana Mehana Aldana Evyana Mirana Uliana Joliet Iolana Sihana Jolyne Joleta Hasana Jolita Afsana Dhyana Jola Livana Aidana Serana

Sibling names for Jolana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Trena Charisse Darcie Michell Tressa Kerrie Nicola Latonia

For a brother

Shon Darrick Douglass Alfonzo Scottie Erich Edwardo Brant

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