Unisex name · since 2015
Joules
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Joules, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
37 girls have been named Joules since 2015, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joules has been recorded 37 times among girls since 2015, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2021.
- #38,498 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joules ranks #38,498 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #38,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Joules's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joules's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joules splits its recorded history at 2018: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joules popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2021
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Joules popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2019 (Joules as boys' name)
Joules by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (30 births, 81% of the file).
2010s was Joules's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Joules births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 30 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Joules's decade-level peak was the 2010s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Joules: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2015–2021 (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 Joules 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.