Joella — #3266 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Joella

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,161 babies named Joella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joella currently holds the #3266 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joella performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 617 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Joella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Joella in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joella 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 4,161 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.