Girls' name · peaked in 2017
Joelle name popularity since 1925
16,635 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Joelle (96.8% girls, 3.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1998 or earlier, so the typical Joelle is about 28 years old in 2026. Joelle peaked in 2017 as the #673 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,635
- Named Joelle, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,010 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.8% girls
- 16,110 girls · 525 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 2.20× its national share
Peak year is the year Joelle made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Joelle births per year, 1925–2025
2017 was the biggest year for Joelle both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1968 and 1973, Joelle's share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 4,210 to 1 in 9,170.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, it became 2× more common, from 1 in 7,970 baby girls to 1 in 3,960.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Joelle's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Joelle.
Decade by decade
Babies named Joelle in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 50 | 0 | #3,036 |
| 1940s | 174 | 0 | #2,279 |
| 1950s | 261 | 0 | #1,781 |
| 1960s | 1,740 | 0 | #1,100 |
| 1970s | 1,878 | 0 | #786 |
| 1980s | 2,188 | 27 | #666 |
| 1990s | 2,436 | 82 | #810 |
| 2000s | 2,438 | 129 | #1,082 |
| 2010s | 3,014 | 196 | #1,080 |
| 2020–25 | 1,931 | 91 | #1,010 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
27.1% of babies named Joelle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Joelle is most popular
The index compares Joelle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Joelle.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 2.20× | 770 |
| Washington | 1.86× | 396 |
| New York | 1.85× | 1,784 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.68× | 1,086 |
| Minnesota | 1.62× | 377 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Joelle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Joelle.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Joelle (2017).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data