Girls' name · since 1964
Joanelle
29 babies named Joanelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joanelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 29 recorded since 1964.
Social Security Administration records show Joanelle recorded 29 times among girls since 1964, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1981.
- #41,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1964
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joanelle ranks #41,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1964, peaking in the 1970s.
- #41,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1964
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joanelle's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joanelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joanelle splits its recorded history at 1978: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joanelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1981
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Joanelle by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
1970s was Joanelle's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Joanelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Joanelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joanelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1964–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Joanelle 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 August 2026.