Joelle

#1,008 for girls in 2025, 248 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 96.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1966 · 406 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,115
since 1918

Joelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joelle has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #469, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,008248#12,0085
2024#919289#5,65916
2023#935284#6,22014
2022#784362#5,87415
2021#732389#5,11018
2020#761359#4,27523
2019#703411#4,48022
2018#699416#4,22624
2017#673436#4,74620
2016#782363#4,19924
2015#1,079243#5,28917
2014#1,036250#4,86619
2013#1,082228#5,40416
2012#1,121221#4,39022
2011#1,096224#5,20017
2010#1,110222#5,74115
2009#1,112228#5,55416
2008#1,022256#4,90119
2007#1,019259#4,80819
2006#1,083234#4,67519
2005#1,078220#6,63411
2004#936257#5,00716
2003#903264#10,8945
2002#916244#7,6438
2001#949233#8,3397
2000#901243#6,8399
1999#854253#7,8747
1998#837254#6,3149
1997#820252#5,64210
1996#847235#7,1367
1995#808245#7,7926
1994#795256#6,9687
1993#863224#6,2288
1992#914214#4,56412
1991#826248#5,9428
1990#789255#5,8238
1989#789241#5,6158
1988#784240#5,7517
1987#655287#6,9515
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Joelle! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1932, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Joelle is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #197 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,106 girlsNHWashington: #463 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,101 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #342 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,509 girlsMNIllinois: #1,335 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,741 girlsILWisconsin: #464 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,094 girlsWIMichigan: #573 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,221 girlsMINew York: #520 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,679 girlsNYMassachusetts: #449 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,723 girlsMARhode Island: #189 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedINOhio: #724 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,625 girlsOHPennsylvania: #503 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,369 girlsPANew Jersey: #418 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsNJConnecticut: #415 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,125 girlsCTCalifornia: #829 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 7,139 girlsCAUtah: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Joelle, so not publishedTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#189 · 1 in 1,039
  2. New Hampshire#197 · 1 in 1,106
  3. Minnesota#342 · 1 in 2,509
  4. Connecticut#415 · 1 in 3,125
  5. New Jersey#418 · 1 in 3,019

Best ever in a state: #139 in Alaska, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#18951 in 1,039
New Hampshire#19761 in 1,106
Minnesota#342111 in 2,509
Connecticut#41561 in 3,125
New Jersey#418151 in 3,019
Massachusetts#449101 in 3,723
Utah#46051 in 2,716
Washington#46391 in 3,101
Wisconsin#46471 in 4,094
Pennsylvania#503161 in 4,369
New York#520311 in 3,679
Michigan#573111 in 5,221
Ohio#72491 in 7,625
California#829321 in 7,139
Florida#86391 in 8,102
Illinois#1,33551 in 14,741
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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 Joelle
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 89 spots since 2024 (#919 → #1,008)
  • 247 spots since 2020 (#761 → #1,008)
  • 71 spots since 2015 (#1,079 → #1,008)
  • Biggest jump: 628 spots in 1966 (#1,097 → #469)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 2023 (#784 → #935)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1966 at #469 (406 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1966–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,960
  • Highest: 1 in 3,960 girls born in 2017 were named Joelle (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,481 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #469 in 1966, was only 1 in 4,168 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 18.7% of all girls named Joelle (3,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s0——
1930s50#2,592 (1939)#3,183
1940s174#1,708 (1948)#2,331
1950s261#1,774 (1955)#2,089
1960s1,740#469 (1966)#1,363
1970s1,878#584 (1970)#791
1980s2,188#647 (1986)#796
1990s2,436#789 (1990)#835
2000s2,438#901 (2000)#992
2010s3,014#673 (2017)#938
2020s1,931#732 (2021)#857

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.

Joelle in 1988

girls
#784
240 births · 1 in 7,420 girls
boys
#5,751
7 births · 1 in 273,469 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #784Joelle240

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #5,751Joelle7
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 7,420 of them was named Joelle, which outranked 94.4% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joelle
  1. #780Justin241
  2. #780Kati241
  3. #780Madeleine241
  4. #784Joelle240
  5. #784Dara240
  6. #784Rhiannon240
  7. #784Skye240
  8. #788Kimber239
  9. #789Geneva238
  10. #789Lakeshia238

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 273,469 of them was named Joelle, which outranked 32.3% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joelle
  1. #5,200Zakariah8
  2. #5,200Zan8
  3. #5,200Zubair8
  4. #5,751Joelle7
  5. #5,751Aakash7
  6. #5,751Abdias7
  7. #5,751Abelino7
  8. #6,426Abdon6
  9. #6,426Abdrew6
  10. #6,426Abed6

Tied with 674 names at #5,751; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →