Meaning not yet researched.
Joel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,633 in 2025. Its best rank was #65 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #65 in 1981; #219 in 2025. About 99.6% of babies named Joel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#219 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #65.
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Joel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,633 boys in 2025. Peak: #65 in 1981 · most boys in one year: 4,623 (1985).
In 2025, 1,633 US boys were named Joel, making it the 219th most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 1,638 boys named Joel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #65, reached in 1981. The most boys given the name in a single year was 4,623, in 1985. For comparison, it was #159 in 2015 and #130 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 41 babies with the name. In all, 282,250 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 43,980 babies named Joel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19,355 US boys were named Joel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,427. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,046 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joel ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #141 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joe (464,574 babies since 1880), Yoel (4,227 babies since 1880), Joely (1,820 babies since 1880) and Joelle (16,640 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Juel, Jull and Joyel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Juel (1,726), Jull (151), Joyel (130), Joal (122), Juell (109), Joyell (89), Jodel (65), Jole (58), Johel (41), Joule (35), Xoel (22), Joele (21), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Joel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 14 | #141 | #195 |
| Texas | 254 | #151 | #111 |
| California | 254 | #152 | #124 |
| Maryland | 37 | #162 | #169 |
| Arizona | 51 | #174 | #166 |
| Nevada | 17 | #178 | #142 |
| New York | 104 | #192 | #101 |
| Iowa | 21 | #199 | #220 |
| Florida | 109 | #202 | #131 |
| Alabama | 28 | #203 | #230 |
| Oregon | 21 | #204 | #193 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #211 | #211 |
| Colorado | 31 | #212 | #201 |
| Arkansas | 17 | #213 | #411 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #213 | #278 |
| Illinois | 54 | #221 | #152 |
| Washington | 36 | #225 | #235 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #228 | #155 |
| Georgia | 52 | #235 | #219 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | #243 | #190 |
| Ohio | 51 | #245 | #181 |
| North Carolina | 50 | #250 | #176 |
| Kansas | 14 | #267 | #194 |
| Missouri | 25 | #274 | #206 |
| Tennessee | 32 | #276 | #264 |
| Pennsylvania | 42 | #278 | #183 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #279 | — |
| Virginia | 30 | #285 | #146 |
| Idaho | 9 | #290 | #186 |
| Louisiana | 17 | #300 | #305 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #308 | #120 |
| Michigan | 30 | #317 | #193 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #324 | #226 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #349 | #245 |
| Nebraska | 7 | #355 | #338 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #360 | #299 |
| Utah | 13 | #360 | #311 |
| Wisconsin | 15 | #362 | #190 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #363 | #251 |
| Indiana | 20 | #374 | #150 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #442 | #167 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,970 | 1,633 | #219 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,580 | 1,638 | #219 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,648 | 1,745 | #212 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,780 | #209 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,789 | 1,797 | #211 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,843 | #207 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,590 | 2,095 | #187 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,915 | 2,132 | #188 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,923 | 2,265 | #177 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,439 | 2,427 | #166 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,688 | 2,602 | #159 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,823 | 2,672 | #154 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,727 | #144 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,780 | #144 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,867 | 3,056 | #132 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,706 | 3,065 | #132 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,604 | 3,564 | #116 |
| 2008 | 9 | #12,047 | 3,744 | #113 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,190 | 3,423 | #123 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,459 | 3,455 | #123 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,561 | 3,275 | #123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,949 | 3,237 | #124 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,336 | 3,245 | #124 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,221 | 3,191 | #122 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,115 | 3,167 | #126 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,966 | 3,380 | #112 |
| 1999 | 17 | #6,036 | 3,185 | #115 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,513 | 3,172 | #117 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,305 | 2,989 | #126 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,501 | 3,004 | #124 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,142 | 3,100 | #120 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,300 | 3,368 | #108 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,718 | 3,557 | #101 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,295 | 3,667 | #100 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,953 | 3,762 | #100 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,041 | 4,000 | #95 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,057 | 3,939 | #88 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,563 | 3,940 | #85 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,807 | 4,138 | #75 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,155 | 4,507 | #72 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,560 | 4,623 | #67 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,241 | 4,524 | #66 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,053 | 4,345 | #67 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,466 | 4,446 | #69 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,171 | 4,540 | #65 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,166 | 4,564 | #67 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,356 | 4,216 | #71 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,167 | 3,810 | #74 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,039 | 3,824 | #73 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,405 | 3,722 | #72 |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,110 | 3,729 | #74 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,744 | 3,491 | #75 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,652 | 3,570 | #73 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,956 | 3,528 | #78 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,863 | 3,499 | #86 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,968 | 3,839 | #82 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,308 | 3,681 | #80 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,338 | 3,683 | #80 |
| 1967 | 73 | #1,263 | 3,476 | #90 |
| 1966 | 103 | #1,020 | 3,232 | #102 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,897 | 2,860 | #114 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,709 | 3,135 | #110 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,912 | 3,237 | #110 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,768 | 3,298 | #113 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,434 | 3,518 | #110 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,539 | 3,712 | #110 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,165 | 3,458 | #116 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,042 | 3,224 | #120 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,194 | 3,604 | #104 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,349 | 3,436 | #106 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,245 | 2,806 | #121 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,920 | 2,596 | #127 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,262 | 2,302 | #134 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,995 | 2,228 | #132 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,860 | 2,162 | #129 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,809 | 2,043 | #130 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,919 | 1,987 | #138 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,913 | 2,026 | #137 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,772 | 2,144 | #133 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,829 | 1,999 | #127 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,717 | 1,597 | #135 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,830 | 1,714 | #125 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,567 | 1,745 | #128 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,683 | 1,595 | #134 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,049 | 1,339 | #142 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,612 | 1,278 | #140 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,567 | 1,295 | #135 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,778 | 1,262 | #134 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,515 | 1,116 | #139 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,281 | 1,060 | #146 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,339 | 919 | #157 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,627 | 815 | #172 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,328 | 666 | #185 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,304 | 624 | #206 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,875 | 477 | #242 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,149 | 455 | #263 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,375 | 420 | #272 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,874 | 415 | #278 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,952 | 392 | #285 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,163 | 379 | #291 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,330 | 379 | #294 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,737 | 377 | #295 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,820 | 348 | #303 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,874 | 368 | #294 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,851 | 395 | #281 |
| 1920 | — | — | 346 | #308 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,325 | 358 | #280 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,382 | 348 | #296 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,339 | 308 | #301 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,725 | 282 | #310 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,007 | 272 | #313 |
| 1914 | — | — | 200 | #322 |
| 1913 | — | — | 167 | #310 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,192 | 129 | #333 |
| 1911 | — | — | 59 | #359 |
| 1910 | — | — | 55 | #335 |
| 1909 | — | — | 50 | #328 |
| 1908 | — | — | 45 | #339 |
| 1907 | — | — | 54 | #288 |
| 1906 | — | — | 49 | #292 |
| 1905 | — | — | 48 | #289 |
| 1904 | — | — | 43 | #298 |
| 1903 | — | — | 32 | #343 |
| 1902 | — | — | 38 | #314 |
| 1901 | — | — | 34 | #307 |
| 1900 | — | — | 35 | #380 |
| 1899 | — | — | 37 | #286 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #260 |
| 1897 | — | — | 31 | #334 |
| 1896 | — | — | 37 | #307 |
| 1895 | — | — | 37 | #298 |
| 1894 | — | — | 44 | #266 |
| 1893 | — | — | 52 | #240 |
| 1892 | — | — | 39 | #294 |
| 1891 | — | — | 31 | #300 |
| 1890 | — | — | 37 | #287 |
| 1889 | — | — | 37 | #278 |
| 1888 | — | — | 48 | #253 |
| 1887 | — | — | 48 | #229 |
| 1886 | — | — | 49 | #246 |
| 1885 | — | — | 56 | #215 |
| 1884 | — | — | 56 | #221 |
| 1883 | — | — | 51 | #213 |
| 1882 | — | — | 54 | #223 |
| 1881 | — | — | 57 | #198 |
| 1880 | — | — | 41 | #263 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).