Joella

#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births

Peak · girls
#738
1880 · 6 births
Debut · girls
1880
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,204
since 1880

Joella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Joella has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #738, 1880girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,51743
2024#3,27748
2023#3,64042
2022#2,57968
2021#2,60866
2020#2,63164
2019#2,89157
2018#2,43873
2017#2,40175
2016#2,38578
2015#2,96458
2014#2,64866
2013#3,12352
2012#3,04055
2011#2,98957
2010#3,47046
2009#3,73742
2008#3,64544
2007#3,84841
2006#4,35833
2005#4,95826
2004#3,89836
2003#5,41922
2002#4,49827
2001#5,57020
2000#4,98123
1999#5,42419
1998#4,63623
1997#7,74211
1996#4,30624
1995#6,64113
1994#7,09712
1993#5,41917
1992#4,38223
1991#4,65021
1990#4,38022
1989#3,78426
1988#3,58526
1987#3,33127
1986#4,02820
1985#3,41925
1984#2,73033
1983#2,91029
1982#3,17227
1981#3,14727
1980#2,24644
1979#2,67133
1978#3,63720
1977#2,90927
1976#3,67818
1975#2,45632
1974#2,61628
1973#2,09438
1972#2,31132
1971#2,10739
1970#1,95243
1969#1,72849
1968#1,53955
1967#2,03933
1966#1,31268
1965#2,03133
1964#1,89239
1963#1,81541
1962#2,07332
1961#1,76842
1960#1,81139
1959#1,67243
1958#1,73339
1957#1,53149
1956#1,36558
1955#1,36154
1954#1,58541
1953#1,56539
1952#1,45444
1951#1,46241
1950#1,47439
1949#1,51237
1948#1,14461
1947#1,14162
1946#1,23948
1945#1,37434
1944#98862
1943#1,39535
1942#1,16246
1941#1,16641
1940#99751
1939#1,10242
1938#1,05546
1937#1,18037
1936#1,08142
1935#1,13538
1934#1,13339
1933#1,26232
1932#1,29332
1931#1,25833
1930#1,25136
1929#1,24436
1928#1,46929
1927#1,30337
1926#1,66725
1925#1,57628
1924#1,67926
1923#1,94420
1922#1,53629
1921#2,19517
1920#1,62626
1919#3,8177
1918#1,80521
1917#2,20415
1916#1,86718
1915#2,38412
1914#2,6388
1913#1,67013
1912#2,6346
1911#2,1916
1910#2,1406
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1906#1,5537
1905#1,2989
1904—
1903#1,5926
1902—
1901#1,6795
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1892#1,0858
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1882#9085
1881—
1880#7386
First appearance
1880

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.

See more about Joella
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #738 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,166
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 14.7% of all girls named Joella (617) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#738 (1880)#823
1890s8#1,085 (1892)#1,085
1900s27#1,298 (1905)#1,531
1910s112#1,670 (1913)#2,335
1920s273#1,244 (1929)#1,624
1930s377#1,055 (1938)#1,175
1940s477#988 (1944)#1,212
1950s447#1,361 (1955)#1,520
1960s431#1,312 (1966)#1,801
1970s310#1,952 (1970)#2,643
1980s284#2,246 (1980)#3,235
1990s185#4,306 (1996)#5,468
2000s314#3,645 (2008)#4,491
2010s617#2,385 (2016)#2,835
2020s331#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 1955

girls
#1,361
54 births · 1 in 36,209 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,361Joella54
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 36,209 of them was named Joella, which outranked 79.8% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Joella
  1. #1,356Mark55
  2. #1,356Mercy55
  3. #1,356Raylene55
  4. #1,361Joella54
  5. #1,361Adriana54
  6. #1,361Glynis54
  7. #1,361Johnny54
  8. #1,371Adell53
  9. #1,371Charolette53
  10. #1,371Corlis53

Tied with 9 names at #1,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →