Girls' name · since 1975
Joyelle
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 390 babies named Joyelle, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,348 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joyelle is the #15348 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 390 recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Joyelle recorded 390 times among girls since 1975, holding rank #15348 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #13,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,348 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 390 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyelle ranks #13,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,348 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 390 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,348 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joyelle's 390 recorded births place it above 81.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Joyelle compares
390 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Joyelle's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joyelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 390 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Joyelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joyelle splits its recorded history at 1994: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 88 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joyelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Joyelle by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (167 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Joyelle's strongest decade.
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Joyelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
167 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 167 births (43% of all-time use).
Joyelle by state
Where Joyelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 11 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 8 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 7 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.3% |
22 of 390 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Joyelle's data
- Joyelle's decade-level peak was the 1970s (167 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Joyelles (22 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 Joyelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Joyelle 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.