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Joel Intuitive • Generous • Ambitious
Joel Intuitive • Generous • Ambitious
Intuitive • Generous • Ambitious
JoelIntuitive • Generous • Ambitious
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Fun Facts
One Of The Men Or "knights"" Of King David On The Bible".
Joel Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.06%
Male
0.94%
Female
Joel is predominantly a boys name, with 0.94% of Joels being girls, and 99.06% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 272241 males named Joel, and 2583 females given the name
Popularity of Joel by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Joel in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Joel: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Joel' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Joel in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Joel's average ranking is 730.57, with it's highest ever rank being #. Joel has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 30 times.
Joel has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 274824 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Joel gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1966, when it's usage went up by 117.76%. During this year, 3229 babies were named Joel, which was 0.0944% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.135%, in this year alone more than 5000 boys were named Joel.
Popular 'J' Names for Boys
| Name | 'J-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | 1. | 8. | 14776 | 0.408% |
| Jacob | 2. | 11. | 14416 | 0.398% |
| Jackson | 3. | 24. | 11210 | 0.31% |
| Joseph | 4. | 28. | 10823 | 0.299% |
| Jayden | 5. | 37. | 10063 | 0.278% |
| John | 6. | 39. | 9952 | 0.275% |
| Joshua | 7. | 47. | 9138 | 0.253% |
| Jack | 8. | 53. | 8367 | 0.231% |
| Julian | 9. | 54. | 8333 | 0.23% |
| Jaxon | 10. | 56. | 8054 | 0.223% |
| Josiah | 11. | 76. | 6928 | 0.191% |
| Jonathan | 12. | 77. | 6914 | 0.191% |
| Jeremiah | 13. | 81. | 6546 | 0.181% |
| Jordan | 14. | 101. | 5589 | 0.154% |
| Jace | 15. | 115. | 5169 | 0.143% |
| Jose | 16. | 118. | 5089 | 0.141% |
| Jaxson | 17. | 126. | 4868 | 0.135% |
| Jason | 18. | 128. | 4851 | 0.134% |
| Justin | 19. | 192. | 3542 | 0.098% |
| Juan | 20. | 208. | 3331 | 0.092% |