Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Joel

#139 most common boys' name of all time · #279 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#139
Rank overall
#279 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
282,250
Since 2016
19,414
Peak year
1985 #67
Best rank
#65 1981
Girls Boys peak 4,661/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Joel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 1,633 1,639 #219
2024 8 1,638 1,646 #219
2023 8 1,745 1,753 #212
2022 — 1,780 1,780 #209
2021 7 1,797 1,804 #211
2020 — 1,843 1,843 #207
2019 6 2,095 2,101 #187
2018 8 2,132 2,140 #188
2017 6 2,265 2,271 #177
2016 10 2,427 2,437 #166
2015 5 2,602 2,607 #159
2014 11 2,672 2,683 #154
2013 — 2,727 2,727 #144
2012 — 2,780 2,780 #144
2011 13 3,056 3,069 #132
2010 9 3,065 3,074 #132
2009 5 3,564 3,569 #116
2008 9 3,744 3,753 #113
2007 10 3,423 3,433 #123
2006 14 3,455 3,469 #123
2005 13 3,275 3,288 #123
2004 12 3,237 3,249 #124
2003 11 3,245 3,256 #124
2002 15 3,191 3,206 #122
2001 15 3,167 3,182 #126
2000 15 3,380 3,395 #112
1999 17 3,185 3,202 #115
1998 15 3,172 3,187 #117
1997 19 2,989 3,008 #126
1996 23 3,004 3,027 #124
1995 25 3,100 3,125 #120
1994 24 3,368 3,392 #108
1993 29 3,557 3,586 #101
1992 24 3,667 3,691 #100
1991 39 3,762 3,801 #100
1990 37 4,000 4,037 #94
1989 24 3,939 3,963 #88
1988 42 3,940 3,982 #85
1987 35 4,138 4,173 #75
1986 49 4,507 4,556 #72
1985 38 4,623 4,661 #67
1984 44 4,524 4,568 #66
1983 49 4,345 4,394 #67
1982 39 4,446 4,485 #69
1981 47 4,540 4,587 #65
1980 47 4,564 4,611 #67
1979 40 4,216 4,256 #71
1978 43 3,810 3,853 #74
1977 47 3,824 3,871 #73
1976 34 3,722 3,756 #72
1975 41 3,729 3,770 #74
1974 52 3,491 3,543 #75
1973 27 3,570 3,597 #73
1972 42 3,528 3,570 #78
1971 47 3,499 3,546 #86
1970 43 3,839 3,882 #82
1969 75 3,681 3,756 #80
1968 69 3,683 3,752 #80
1967 73 3,476 3,549 #90
1966 103 3,232 3,335 #102
1965 37 2,860 2,897 #114
1964 22 3,135 3,157 #110
1963 19 3,237 3,256 #110
1962 20 3,298 3,318 #113
1961 25 3,518 3,543 #110
1960 23 3,712 3,735 #110
1959 15 3,458 3,473 #116
1958 30 3,224 3,254 #120
1957 26 3,604 3,630 #104
1956 23 3,436 3,459 #106
1955 24 2,806 2,830 #121
1954 30 2,596 2,626 #127
1953 22 2,302 2,324 #134
1952 26 2,228 2,254 #132
1951 14 2,162 2,176 #129
1950 28 2,043 2,071 #130
1949 13 1,987 2,000 #138
1948 25 2,026 2,051 #137
1947 30 2,144 2,174 #133
1946 25 1,999 2,024 #127
1945 24 1,597 1,621 #134
1944 22 1,714 1,736 #125
1943 29 1,745 1,774 #128
1942 25 1,595 1,620 #134
1941 17 1,339 1,356 #142
1940 24 1,278 1,302 #140
1939 24 1,295 1,319 #135
1938 20 1,262 1,282 #134
1937 25 1,116 1,141 #140
1936 32 1,060 1,092 #146
1935 30 919 949 #157
1934 22 815 837 #172
1933 13 666 679 #185
1932 14 624 638 #207
1931 10 477 487 #242
1930 16 455 471 #263
1929 14 420 434 #272
1928 11 415 426 #278
1927 11 392 403 #284
1926 10 379 389 #291
1925 16 379 395 #294
1924 13 377 390 #295
1923 12 348 360 #303
1922 12 368 380 #294
1921 12 395 407 #281
1920 — 346 346 #308
1919 9 358 367 #280
1918 9 348 357 #294
1917 6 308 314 #301
1916 7 282 289 #309
1915 6 272 278 #312
1914 — 200 200 #322
1913 — 167 167 #310
1912 5 129 134 #332
1911 — 59 59 #358
1910 — 55 55 #333
1909 — 50 50 #328
1908 — 45 45 #336
1907 — 54 54 #287
1906 — 49 49 #288
1905 — 48 48 #286
1904 — 43 43 #297
1903 — 32 32 #340
1902 — 38 38 #314
1901 — 34 34 #306
1900 — 35 35 #377
1899 — 37 37 #287
1898 — 48 48 #260
1897 — 31 31 #334
1896 — 37 37 #308
1895 — 37 37 #296
1894 — 44 44 #264
1893 — 52 52 #239
1892 — 39 39 #294
1891 — 31 31 #299
1890 — 37 37 #283
1889 — 37 37 #277
1888 — 48 48 #253
1887 — 48 48 #229
1886 — 49 49 #246
1885 — 56 56 #216
1884 — 56 56 #225
1883 — 51 51 #214
1882 — 54 54 #223
1881 — 57 57 #202
1880 — 41 41 #263