Girls' name · since 1942
Joanell
Joanell has 73 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 73
- total births
- 1942–1965
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Joanell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 73 have been recorded since 1942.
Social Security Administration records show Joanell recorded 73 times among girls since 1942, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1965.
- 73 total births
- 1942–1965 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joanell's 73 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joanell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Joanell's full recorded timeline at 1950, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1952 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Joanell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1965
- Peak year (1952)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Joanell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Joanell's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Joanell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 34 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Joanell's decade-level peak was the 1940s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joanell: Baby Name Since 1942 - 73 Births, Peak 1952." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joanell. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Joanell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.