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Joel name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Joel ranks #219 in male records (1,633 reported) and #13,970 in female records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#13,970 · 6 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 2 female records (8 to 6); rank moved from #11,580 to #13,970.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 1 female records (7 to 6); rank moved from #12,789 to #13,970.
2025 male rank and count
#219 · 1,633 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 5 male records (1,638 to 1,633); rank stayed at #219.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 164 male records (1,797 to 1,633); rank moved from #211 to #219.
Peak year in available data
2016: 2,427 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Joel becoming more popular?

Joel's reported male count decreased by 5 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank stayed at #219. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Joel in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for JoelFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,4270201620252016: 10 female records2017: 6 female records2018: 8 female records2019: 6 female records2021: 7 female records2023: 8 female records2024: 8 female records2025: 6 female records2016: 2,427 male records2017: 2,265 male records2018: 2,132 male records2019: 2,095 male records2020: 1,843 male records2021: 1,797 male records2022: 1,780 male records2023: 1,745 male records2024: 1,638 male records2025: 1,633 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025613,9701,633219
2024811,5801,638219
2023811,6481,745212
2022——1,780209
2021712,7891,797211
2020——1,843207
2019614,5902,095187
2018811,9152,132188
2017614,9232,265177
20161010,4392,427166

Questions about Joel’s popularity

How common is Joel in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Joel ranks #219 in male records (1,633 reported) and #13,970 in female records (6 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Joel?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Joel only.

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