Joell
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to boys 53.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,200since 1969
Joell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,890 | 20 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,275 | 23 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,672 | 46 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,412 | 53 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,461 | 51 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,250 | 57 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,959 | 72 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,835 | 77 |
| 2010 | — | #1,986 | 69 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,203 | 60 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,062 | 67 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,643 | 46 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | — | #4,198 | 21 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,396 | 14 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,531 | 60 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #1,210 | 81 | — | |
| 1967 | #943 | 117 | — | |
| 1966 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Joell! It came in at #3,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Joell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Joell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Joell
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,586 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 2011 at #1,835 (77 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,666
- Highest: 1 in 24,666 boys born in 2011 were named Joell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 42.8% of all boys named Joell (514) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #3,935 (1969) | #3,935 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,318 (1974) | #4,154 |
| 1980s | 60 | #3,653 (1986) | #4,899 |
| 1990s | 120 | #4,005 (1991) | #5,052 |
| 2000s | 325 | #2,062 (2008) | #3,509 |
| 2010s | 514 | #1,835 (2011) | #2,697 |
| 2020s | 136 | #3,651 (2021) | #4,553 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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