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

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Peak · boys
2011 · 77 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,200
since 1969

Joell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #922, 1966peak #1,835, 2011girlsboys
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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#5,86115
2024#4,89020
2023#4,45623
2022#4,18425
2021#3,65130
2020#4,27523
2019#3,79428
2018#4,73920
2017#2,67246
2016#2,41253
2015#2,86441
2014#2,46151
2013#2,25057
2012#16,8695#1,95972
2011#16,7645#1,83577
2010#1,98669
2009#2,20360
2008#2,06267
2007#2,64346
2006#15,1526#3,60228
2005#4,19821
2004#3,28529
2003#15,7845#4,81516
2002#15,4325#4,04420
2001#4,47617
2000#15,0315#3,76421
1999#14,4115#4,16217
1998#8,58410#5,15912
1997#4,66813
1996#4,39614
1995#11,7836#4,79112
1994#11,7786#6,9687
1993#6,62213#7,6386
1992#7,51211#4,32713
1991#8,5889#4,00514
1990#8,5019#4,40712
1989#6,53112#4,52711
1988#7,6919#5,7517
1987#6,78810#4,5739
1986#7,1349#3,65312
1985#4,63516#4,05210
1984#5,53912
1983#4,88414#5,4846
1982#7,4698
1981#5,88511
1980#5,54412#6,2505
1979#5,75111#3,81010
1978#4,45915
1977#4,65214#4,1648
1976#3,18822
1975#2,96924
1974#2,75726#3,31810
1973#3,12221#5,1015
1972#2,39830
1971#2,06440#4,3756
1970#1,75551
1969#1,53160#3,9356
1968#1,21081
1967#943117
1966#922120
1965#2,24728
1964#6,0096
1963
1962#5,8606
1961#5,3097
1960#3,92011
1959#5,5666
1958#4,1939
1957#4,2029
1956#3,49312
1955#3,57111
1954#3,49011
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1952#4,1238
1951#3,7149
1950
1949#5,2445
1948#4,6516
1947#5,2955
1946#2,88012
1945#3,6767
1944#4,0546
1943#4,6915
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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 1969

No state had 5 or more boys named Joell in 1969, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Joell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 971 spots since 2024 (#4,890#5,861)
  • 1,586 spots since 2020 (#4,275#5,861)
  • 2,997 spots since 2015 (#2,864#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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s6#3,935 (1969)#3,935
1970s39#3,318 (1974)#4,154
1980s60#3,653 (1986)#4,899
1990s120#4,005 (1991)#5,052
2000s325#2,062 (2008)#3,509
2010s514#1,835 (2011)#2,697
2020s136#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.

Joell in 1969

girls
#1,531
60 births · 1 in 28,117 girls
boys
#3,935
6 births · 1 in 298,029 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #1,531Joell60

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #3,935Joell6
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 28,117 of them was named Joell, which outranked 82.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joell
  1. #1,517Rosalia61
  2. #1,517Stephen61
  3. #1,517Wendie61
  4. #1,531Joell60
  5. #1,531Cheree60
  6. #1,531Jeanmarie60
  7. #1,531Jennette60
  8. #1,546Beverley59
  9. #1,546Billiejo59
  10. #1,546Charissa59

Tied with 14 names at #1,531; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 298,029 of them was named Joell, which outranked 22.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joell
  1. #3,595Zavier7
  2. #3,595Zbigniew7
  3. #3,595Zebulon7
  4. #3,935Joell6
  5. #3,935Abdon6
  6. #3,935Able6
  7. #3,935Acey6
  8. #4,404Abbott5
  9. #4,404Adrean5
  10. #4,404Adrin5

Tied with 468 names at #3,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,735Dedric#2,735#1,000
  2. 780Jameson#1,731#951
  3. 589Torrey#1,393#804
  4. 549Jamison#1,258#709
  5. 534Jemal#1,083#549
Fallers
  1. 449Artis#877#1,326
  2. 410Kennedy#986#1,396
  3. 408Alfie#968#1,376
  4. 360Micky#861#1,221
  5. 356Montgomery#946#1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969