Girls' name · since 1975
Joyl
Joyl has 19 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joyl sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyl has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1977.
- #46,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyl ranks #46,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #46,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Joyl's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joyl's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 32% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 68%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1977
- Peak year (1975)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Joyl by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Joyl's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Joyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joyl: 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 (~2 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, 1975–1977 (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 Joyl 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.