Boys' name · since 2008
Joriel
234 babies named Joriel in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joriel is the #2932 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 234 recorded since 2008.
Joriel has 234 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2932 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #12,047 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,932 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 234 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joriel ranks #12,047 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,932 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 234 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,047 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,932 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 234
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joriel's 234 recorded births place it above 73.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Joriel compares
234 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Joriel's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 234 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joriel splits its recorded history at 2017: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Joriel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (129 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Joriel's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Joriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
129 births
- 2020s
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 129 births (55% of all-time use).
Joriel by state
Where Joriel concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
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- Joriel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (129 total births) through the 2020s (100) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Joriels (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Joriel 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.