girls:
15.6k births since 1918
#1218 (79th percentile)
boys:
504 births since 1985
#4082 (11th percentile)
overall:
16.1k births since 1918
#2046 (74th percentile)
The name Joelle is the #2,046 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,076 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 73.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,218 (78.7% percentile) for all time with 15,572 births since 1918. For boys, it ranks #4,082 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 504 births since 1985.
Joelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Joelle is available in 91 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (91 years for girls and 38 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Joelle has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Joelle reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 43.2% percentile (ranked #421) with 231 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 231 births per million (ranked 43.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Joelle ranks #676 for girls (28.6% percentile) with 161 births per million, which is 69.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Joelle reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #894) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Joelle ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 61.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joelle".
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