Girls' name · since 1966
Joele
21 babies named Joele in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #45,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Joele sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1966.
Joele has 21 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1969.
- #45,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joele ranks #45,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #45,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Joele's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joele's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1969
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Joele by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (21 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Joele's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Joele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 1966–1969 (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 Joele 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.