The name Joel is of Hebrew origin, and means Yahweh is God.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joel has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joel
Use of the Name Joel for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
225,522
180,846
93,356
31,530
16,104
6,412
3,188
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joel has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joel
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
263
41
1881
198
57
1882
223
54
1883
213
51
1884
221
56
1885
215
56
1886
246
49
1887
229
48
1888
253
48
1889
278
37
1890
287
37
1891
300
31
1892
294
39
1893
240
52
1894
266
44
1895
298
37
1896
308
37
1897
334
31
1898
260
48
1899
286
37
1900
380
35
1901
307
34
1902
315
38
1903
344
32
1904
298
43
1905
289
48
1906
292
49
1907
287
54
1908
339
45
1909
328
50
1910
334
55
1911
359
59
1912
330
130
1913
312
166
1914
323
199
1915
313
272
1916
308
284
1917
301
308
1918
294
348
1919
279
359
1920
307
349
1921
280
394
1922
296
365
1923
304
348
1924
295
377
1925
294
381
1926
291
380
1927
286
388
1928
277
420
1929
272
416
1930
263
454
1931
242
477
1932
207
625
1933
185
663
1934
171
810
1935
157
920
1936
147
1,056
1937
140
1,116
1938
134
1,258
1939
136
1,293
1940
140
1,281
1941
142
1,339
1942
134
1,599
1943
128
1,731
1944
125
1,709
1945
133
1,600
1946
127
1,990
1947
133
2,138
1948
137
2,014
1949
139
1,980
1950
130
2,047
1951
129
2,147
1952
131
2,225
1953
134
2,297
1954
127
2,591
1955
121
2,792
1956
106
3,437
1957
105
3,587
1958
120
3,225
1959
116
3,457
1960
110
3,710
1961
110
3,506
1962
112
3,309
1963
110
3,232
1964
110
3,138
1965
114
2,860
1966
102
3,226
1967
90
3,474
1968
80
3,676
1969
81
3,671
1970
82
3,836
1971
86
3,494
1972
76
3,535
1973
73
3,572
1974
75
3,483
1975
74
3,722
1976
72
3,719
1977
73
3,812
1978
74
3,806
1979
71
4,211
1980
66
4,561
1981
65
4,540
1982
69
4,435
1983
67
4,333
1984
66
4,520
1985
67
4,616
1986
72
4,505
1987
75
4,134
1988
85
3,931
1989
88
3,939
1990
95
3,994
1991
100
3,753
1992
100
3,655
1993
101
3,551
1994
108
3,359
1995
120
3,097
1996
124
2,998
1997
126
2,985
1998
118
3,164
1999
113
3,182
2000
112
3,362
2001
126
3,155
2002
123
3,175
2003
123
3,224
2004
125
3,188
Totals:
225,522
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joel as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.