Joell**
#2,932 most common boys' name of all time · #7,105 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1939–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,932
Rank overall
#7,105 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
2,229
Since 2016
283
Peak year
1966
Best rank
#1,840 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 120/yr
Joell first appears in 1939. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,927 |
| 2024 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,931 |
| 2023 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,487 |
| 2022 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,213 |
| 2021 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,674 |
| 2020 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,316 |
| 2019 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,817 |
| 2018 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,785 |
| 2017 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,686 |
| 2016 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,419 |
| 2015 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,880 |
| 2014 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 2013 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2012 | 5 | 72 | 77 | #1,968 |
| 2011 | 5 | 77 | 82 | #1,840 |
| 2010 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,992 |
| 2009 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 2008 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,069 |
| 2007 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,658 |
| 2006 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #3,622 |
| 2005 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,228 |
| 2004 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,316 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,864 |
| 2002 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #4,081 |
| 2001 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,525 |
| 2000 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #3,815 |
| 1999 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #4,217 |
| 1998 | 10 | 12 | 22 | #5,231 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,748 |
| 1996 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,449 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,884 |
| 1994 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #7,140 |
| 1993 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #7,892 |
| 1992 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #4,392 |
| 1991 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #4,082 |
| 1990 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #4,498 |
| 1989 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #4,614 |
| 1988 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #5,959 |
| 1987 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,720 |
| 1986 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,735 |
| 1985 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #4,163 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1983 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #5,774 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #6,599 |
| 1979 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #3,913 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1977 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #4,334 |
| 1976 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1975 | 24 | — | 24 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #3,447 |
| 1973 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #5,430 |
| 1972 | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| 1971 | 40 | 6 | 46 | #4,657 |
| 1970 | 51 | — | 51 | — |
| 1969 | 60 | 6 | 66 | #4,216 |
| 1968 | 81 | — | 81 | — |
| 1967 | 117 | — | 117 | — |
| 1966 | 120 | — | 120 | — |
| 1965 | 28 | — | 28 | — |
| 1964 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1957 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1955 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1946 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | — |