Joell
Joell was given to 15 boys in 2025, #5,986 among boys’ names; 2,229 Americans have been recorded with it since 1939 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,100 Americans named Joell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 15 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Joell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Joell?
#5,986 among boys’ names, 2025
Joell fell from #2,882 in 2015 to #5,986 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 21.4 to 8.8 per million.
120 babies in 1966, the peak
Joell peaked in 1966, when 120 babies were given it (0 boys, #0 among boys’ names). The 15 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 15 | #5,986 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 20 | #4,962 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 23 | #4,528 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 25 | #4,228 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 30 | #3,688 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 23 | #4,334 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 28 | #3,842 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 20 | #4,828 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 46 | #2,694 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 53 | #2,421 |
Every recorded year (81)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 41 | #2,882 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 51 | #2,474 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 57 | #2,263 | |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,078 | 72 | #1,972 |
| 2011 | 5 | #18,038 | 77 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 69 | #1,989 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 60 | #2,212 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 67 | #2,075 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 46 | #2,668 | |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,025 | 28 | #3,643 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 21 | #4,258 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 29 | #3,321 | |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,915 | 16 | #4,917 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,643 | 20 | #4,102 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 17 | #4,577 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #16,151 | 21 | #3,840 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,485 | 17 | #4,231 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,885 | 12 | #5,286 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 13 | #4,787 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 14 | #4,492 | |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,442 | 12 | #4,944 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,468 | 7 | #7,316 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,798 | 6 | #8,099 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,736 | 13 | #4,438 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,909 | 14 | #4,108 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,797 | 12 | #4,533 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,709 | 11 | #4,642 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,985 | 7 | #6,084 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,001 | 9 | #4,729 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,373 | 12 | #3,742 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,718 | 10 | #4,192 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,675 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,982 | 6 | #5,839 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,762 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,054 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,675 | 5 | #6,717 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,911 | 10 | #3,930 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,531 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,760 | 8 | #4,367 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,217 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,000 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,788 | 10 | #3,435 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,162 | 5 | #5,452 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,417 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,083 | 6 | #4,652 |
| 1970 | 51 | #1,765 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,534 | 6 | #4,159 |
| 1968 | 81 | #1,216 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 117 | #943 | under 5 | |
| 1966 | 120 | #923 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,269 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,330 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,164 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,536 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 11 | #4,024 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,862 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,321 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,368 | under 5 | |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,573 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,659 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,584 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,282 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,838 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,600 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,918 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,677 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,956 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,817 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,275 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,987 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,557 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Joell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,229 Americans recorded as Joell, 46% are girls and 54% boys. In 2025 it went to 15 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Joell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Joell, and how old are they?
2,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 2,229 Americans ever recorded as Joell. The median Joell alive today is 30 years old; half are between 15 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 1,832 people named Joell (915 women and girls, 917 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,010 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 103 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 659 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 277 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 623 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 429 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Joell born?
The states with the most babies named Joell are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 143 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 124 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 62 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 51 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 23 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 23 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 16 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 15 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 13 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Joell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Joell?
Joell is a less common spelling of Joel: SSA has recorded 2,229 Joell and 282,250 Joel since 1880.
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 284,727 babies since 1880, Joell is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 15 of their 1,659 babies (<1%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Joell and names like it
- Compare Joell and JoelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJoell peaked in 1966.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Joell since 1910.
- The top names of 1966The year the most babies were named Joell.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Joell alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.