Joella
Joella was given to 43 girls in 2025, #3,544 among girls’ names; 4,204 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,090 Americans named Joella and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 13 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Joella by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Joella?
#3,544 among girls’ names, 2025
Joella fell from #2,982 in 2015 to #3,544 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 32.5 to 26.8 per million.
78 babies in 2016, the peak
Joella peaked in 2016, when 78 girls were given it, #2,401 among girls’ names. The 43 births of 2025 are 55% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,544 | 26.8 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,309 | 29.6 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,668 | 26.2 |
| 2022 | 68 | #2,592 | 41.5 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,619 | 40.2 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,645 | 39.6 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,905 | 34.0 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,448 | 42.9 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,415 | 43.4 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,401 | 44.0 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 58 | #2,982 | 32.5 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,662 | 36.9 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,143 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,058 | 31.2 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,998 | 32.4 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,486 | 25.9 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,765 | 22.9 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,671 | 23.3 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,877 | 21.3 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,400 | 17.4 |
| 2005 | 26 | #5,019 | 14.1 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,937 | 19.6 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,491 | 12.0 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,550 | 15.0 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,680 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 23 | #5,052 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,519 | 10.7 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,705 | 13.0 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,003 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,368 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,813 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,307 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,522 | 9.4 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,436 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,706 | 11.2 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,426 | 11.6 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,818 | 14.1 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,627 | 14.6 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,365 | 15.5 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,090 | 11.7 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,460 | 14.5 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,748 | 19.6 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,936 | 17.4 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,209 | 15.9 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,171 | 16.2 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,259 | 26.5 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,694 | 20.6 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,684 | 13.1 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,940 | 17.6 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,728 | 12.3 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,482 | 21.9 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,641 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,102 | 26.1 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,332 | 21.0 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,124 | 23.4 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,969 | 24.6 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,743 | 29.0 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,546 | 33.5 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,052 | 20.0 |
| 1966 | 68 | #1,317 | 40.2 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,044 | 18.7 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,903 | 20.6 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,824 | 21.3 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,093 | 16.3 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,774 | 20.8 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,821 | 19.3 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,679 | 21.3 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,747 | 19.4 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,537 | 24.0 |
| 1956 | 58 | #1,369 | 28.9 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,362 | 27.6 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,591 | 21.1 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,572 | 20.7 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,462 | 23.7 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,470 | 22.8 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,483 | 22.8 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,523 | 21.6 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,149 | 35.9 |
| 1947 | 62 | #1,147 | 35.0 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,249 | 30.5 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,387 | 26.0 |
| 1944 | 62 | #990 | 46.7 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,409 | 25.1 |
| 1942 | 46 | #1,169 | 34.1 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,174 | 33.9 |
| 1940 | 51 | #1,003 | 44.6 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,117 | 38.3 |
| 1938 | 46 | #1,063 | 41.7 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,184 | 34.8 |
| 1936 | 42 | #1,092 | 40.4 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,147 | 36.2 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,139 | 37.3 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,274 | 31.7 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,305 | 30.0 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,270 | 31.0 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,264 | 32.0 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,250 | 32.2 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,487 | 25.1 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,314 | 31.0 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,690 | 21.1 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,591 | 23.0 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,697 | 20.8 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,983 | 16.6 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,549 | 24.1 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,240 | 13.8 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,639 | 21.7 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,036 | 6.2 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,843 | 18.1 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,256 | 13.9 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,908 | 17.2 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,466 | 12.2 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,753 | 10.5 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,713 | 20.8 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,793 | 10.8 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,326 | 14.3 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,280 | 15.1 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,637 | 23.7 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,355 | 30.9 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,687 | 22.9 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,802 | 20.9 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,127 | 37.7 |
| 1882 | 5 | #971 | 46.4 |
| 1880 | 6 | #792 | 65.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Joella a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Joella has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 123 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Joella: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Joella, and how old are they?
3,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 4,204 Americans ever recorded as Joella. The median Joella alive today is 41 years old; half are between 13 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 3,103 people named Joella (3,093 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,000 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 224 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 651 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 547 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 361 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 520 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 785 |
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 Joella born?
The states with the most babies named Joella are California, Texas and New York, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 133 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 111 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 60 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Oklahoma | 46 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 38 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Indiana | 27 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Joella with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 23,887 babies since 1880, Joella is the second most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 43 of their 325 babies (13%), 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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Joella
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Joella and names like it
- Compare Joella and JoelleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sJoella peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Joella since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Joella.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Joella alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with JMost given first.