Joell
#5,986 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Joell has been given to 2,229 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #5,986 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.
Babies named Joell, 2025
1 in 221,000
Joell over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Joell over time
In 2025, Joell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Joell?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 221,000
- 15 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 114,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #5,986
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 153,194 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Joell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Joells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Joell was born before 2010 — so the typical Joell is around 15 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 42.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 79.5%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,200
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (514).
Is Joell rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −1,024
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,652
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −3,104
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.37×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 19.5%
- Peak was 2011 (77)
- Years since peak
- 14
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 24.4% average annual change
Spellings of Joell
Joell is not the most common spelling — Joe is, with 47.0% against Joell's 0.12%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Joell is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Joell was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 276,866 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 100,000
- 2New York1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Illinois1 in —
- 5Massachusetts1 in —
- 6Maryland1 in —
- 7North Carolina1 in —
- 8New Jersey1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Joell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Joell is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Joell was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 308,946 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
- 2Utah1 in 100,000
- 3California1 in —
- 4Colorado1 in —
- 5Illinois1 in —
- 6Michigan1 in —
- 7New Jersey1 in —
- 8New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Joell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Joell around the world
Where Joell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2000–2025#5,137in 2025
- South Australia1998–1998#534in 1998
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Joell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Joell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Joell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.