Joel Boy Name
Baby Boy Names > Starting With J > Joel
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.
| 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 |
| 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.
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