How Many People Are Named Joelle?
people named Joelle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,329 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,640 babies named Joelle in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
456 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of JOEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Joelle, 96.8% were girls and 3.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 95.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Joelle alive today is about 28 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Joelle first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 2017, to 456 babies. In 2025, 253 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Joelle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #469, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #1,010.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,010 |
| Best rank | #469 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #910 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Joelle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joelle were born in California than in any other state: about 2,096 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joelle was given 2.2 times as often in New Jersey, 2 times in New York and 2 times in Pennsylvania.
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