Joella
#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,204since 1880
Joella over time
Rank among girls' names. Joella has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,517 | 43 |
| 2024 | #3,277 | 48 |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 |
| 2022 | #2,579 | 68 |
| 2021 | #2,608 | 66 |
| 2020 | #2,631 | 64 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 |
| 2018 | #2,438 | 73 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 |
| 2016 | #2,385 | 78 |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 |
| 2013 | #3,123 | 52 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 |
| 2011 | #2,989 | 57 |
| 2010 | #3,470 | 46 |
| 2009 | #3,737 | 42 |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 |
| 2007 | #3,848 | 41 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 |
| 1984 | #2,730 | 33 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 |
| 1971 | #2,107 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 |
| 1968 | #1,539 | 55 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,312 | 68 |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1964 | #1,892 | 39 |
| 1963 | #1,815 | 41 |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,361 | 54 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 |
| 1952 | #1,454 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,144 | 61 |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #988 | 62 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,166 | 41 |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
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| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Joella was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Joella is popular in 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#560 · 1 in 7,009
- New York#1,389 · 1 in 29,166
- California#1,494 · 1 in 25,625
Best ever in a state: #366 in Oklahoma, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #560 | 6 | 1 in 7,009 |
| New York | #1,389 | 5 | 1 in 29,166 |
| California | #1,494 | 6 | 1 in 25,625 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Joella
- 240 spots since 2024 (#3,277 → #3,517)
- 886 spots since 2020 (#2,631 → #3,517)
- 553 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #3,517)
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1944 (#1,395 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 386 spots in 1945 (#988 → #1,374)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1944
- Highest: 1 in 15,166 girls born in 1880 were named Joella (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.7% of all girls named Joella (617) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #738 (1880) | #823 |
| 1890s | 8 | #1,085 (1892) | #1,085 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,531 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,670 (1913) | #2,335 |
| 1920s | 273 | #1,244 (1929) | #1,624 |
| 1930s | 377 | #1,055 (1938) | #1,175 |
| 1940s | 477 | #988 (1944) | #1,212 |
| 1950s | 447 | #1,361 (1955) | #1,520 |
| 1960s | 431 | #1,312 (1966) | #1,801 |
| 1970s | 310 | #1,952 (1970) | #2,643 |
| 1980s | 284 | #2,246 (1980) | #3,235 |
| 1990s | 185 | #4,306 (1996) | #5,468 |
| 2000s | 314 | #3,645 (2008) | #4,491 |
| 2010s | 617 | #2,385 (2016) | #2,835 |
| 2020s | 331 | #2,579 (2022) | #3,042 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Joella in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 24,885 of them was named Joella, which outranked 82.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,304Terra69
- #1,304Tracye69
- #1,304Twana69
- #1,312Joella68
- #1,312Araceli68
- #1,312Bettie68
- #1,312Beverley68
- #1,320Alyce67
- #1,320Bernita67
- #1,320Britt67
Tied with 7 names at #1,312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.