Joell — #4920 US boys' name
1,185 babies named Joell in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Joell was born in this single decade.
77 babies were named Joell in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,185 babies named Joell between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joell currently holds the #4920 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 77 babies received it in a single year. Joell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,029 additional births since 1939.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joell performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 514 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Joell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Joell in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,185 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Joell at a glance
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Current rank
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Joell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1969
- Peak year (2011)
- 77
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
Currently ranks #4920 among boys.
1,185 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 77 births in a single year.
Joell popularity over time — girls
1,029 total births recorded since 1939 (Joell as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Joell accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Joell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 514 births that decade — 43% of Joell's all-time total
Joell decade highlights
- Peak decade 514 births
- Runner-up 325 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Joell's strongest decade
514 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Joell by state
Where Joell concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 102 | 8.6% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 51 | 4.3% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.5% |
102 of 1,185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.6% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Joell appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.