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
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 406 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,115since 1918
Joelle over time
Rank among girls' names. Joelle has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #1,008 | 248 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #919 | 289 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #935 | 284 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #784 | 362 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #732 | 389 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #761 | 359 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #703 | 411 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #699 | 416 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #673 | 436 | #4,746 | 20 |
| 2016 | #782 | 363 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #1,079 | 243 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #1,036 | 250 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #1,082 | 228 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #1,121 | 221 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #1,096 | 224 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #1,110 | 222 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #1,112 | 228 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #1,022 | 256 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | #1,019 | 259 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #1,083 | 234 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #936 | 257 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #903 | 264 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #916 | 244 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #949 | 233 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #901 | 243 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #854 | 253 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #837 | 254 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #820 | 252 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #847 | 235 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #808 | 245 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #795 | 256 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #863 | 224 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #914 | 214 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #826 | 248 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #789 | 255 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #789 | 241 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #784 | 240 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #655 | 287 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #647 | 284 | — | |
| 1985 | #665 | 272 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #802 | 198 | — | |
| 1983 | #918 | 162 | — | |
| 1982 | #905 | 167 | — | |
| 1981 | #932 | 160 | — | |
| 1980 | #866 | 177 | — | |
| 1979 | #897 | 166 | — | |
| 1978 | #826 | 181 | — | |
| 1977 | #860 | 171 | — | |
| 1976 | #866 | 157 | — | |
| 1975 | #785 | 179 | — | |
| 1974 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | — | |
| 1972 | #733 | 191 | — | |
| 1971 | #722 | 210 | — | |
| 1970 | #584 | 299 | — | |
| 1969 | #551 | 320 | — | |
| 1968 | #489 | 390 | — | |
| 1967 | #492 | 375 | — | |
| 1966 | #469 | 406 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,071 | 25 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
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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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#322 · 1 in 1,631
- New Jersey#395 · 1 in 2,490
- Minnesota#446 · 1 in 3,108
- Pennsylvania#515 · 1 in 3,784
- Massachusetts#522 · 1 in 4,025
Best ever in a state: #139 in Alaska, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #322 | 5 | 1 in 1,631 |
| New Jersey | #395 | 17 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 8 | 1 in 3,108 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 16 | 1 in 3,784 |
| Massachusetts | #522 | 8 | 1 in 4,025 |
| New York | #527 | 30 | 1 in 3,478 |
| Maryland | #591 | 6 | 1 in 4,119 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 9 | 1 in 4,372 |
| Wisconsin | #629 | 5 | 1 in 5,079 |
| Michigan | #639 | 11 | 1 in 4,732 |
| Colorado | #675 | 5 | 1 in 4,195 |
| Washington | #721 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Arizona | #752 | 6 | 1 in 4,745 |
| Indiana | #788 | 5 | 1 in 6,579 |
| Ohio | #837 | 8 | 1 in 7,765 |
| Virginia | #840 | 5 | 1 in 6,829 |
| California | #966 | 29 | 1 in 7,924 |
| Florida | #1,068 | 8 | 1 in 9,092 |
| Illinois | #1,071 | 8 | 1 in 8,931 |
| Texas | #2,004 | 6 | 1 in 23,258 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1966 at #469 (406 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1966–2004
- 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
- 18.7% of all girls named Joelle (3,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 50 | #2,592 (1939) | #3,183 |
| 1940s | 174 | #1,708 (1948) | #2,331 |
| 1950s | 261 | #1,774 (1955) | #2,089 |
| 1960s | 1,740 | #469 (1966) | #1,363 |
| 1970s | 1,878 | #584 (1970) | #791 |
| 1980s | 2,188 | #647 (1986) | #796 |
| 1990s | 2,436 | #789 (1990) | #835 |
| 2000s | 2,438 | #901 (2000) | #992 |
| 2010s | 3,014 | #673 (2017) | #938 |
| 2020s | 1,931 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 7,460 of them was named Joelle, which outranked 94.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 270,614 of them was named Joelle, which outranked 32.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,496Zeferino8
- #6,496Ziare8
- #6,496Zohair8
- #7,136Joelle7
- #7,136Aaric7
- #7,136Aasin7
- #7,136Abby7
- #7,971Aalim6
- #7,971Aaronjames6
- #7,971Abdalla6
Tied with 834 names at #7,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.