NameTides

Joel

Joel was the #219 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,633 babies), and #223 in England & Wales and #359 in Canada.

Joel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Joel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaIreland
Joel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#219 (1,633)#223 (223)#278 (13)#138 (17)#509 (6)#359 (92)——
2024#219 (1,638)#209 (240)#278 (14)#154 (14)#430 (8)#342 (95)——
2023#212 (1,745)#170 (306)#304 (12)#118 (21)#516 (6)#314 (97)——
2022#209 (1,780)#214 (239)#243 (16)#109 (23)#380 (10)#358 (87)——
2021#211 (1,797)#173 (310)#207 (22)#134 (19)#349 (11)#285 (122)——
2020#207 (1,843)#161 (332)#204 (21)#103 (26)#433 (8)#282 (118)——
2019#187 (2,095)#164 (322)#216 (22)#133 (19)#466 (7)#301 (110)——
2018#188 (2,132)#130 (447)#196 (24)#80 (36)#350 (11)#302 (113)——
2017#177 (2,265)#117 (540)#177 (31)#66 (48)#356 (11)#238 (154)——
2016#166 (2,427)#119 (524)#190 (28)#93 (33)#298 (15)#222 (165)——
2015#158 (2,602)#109 (591)#172 (34)#84 (39)#355 (11)#204 (180)——
2014#154 (2,672)#107 (570)#188 (30)#63 (47)#314 (14)#209 (182)——
2013#144 (2,727)#105 (594)#215 (22)#67 (47)#317 (13)#212 (171)—#96 (71)
2012#144 (2,780)#101 (621)#185 (31)#67 (49)#300 (15)#192 (181)——
2011#132 (3,056)#88 (712)#200 (25)#70 (48)#280 (17)#164 (223)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #67.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #355WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #218ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #192NYMassachusetts: #238MAOregon: #198ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #191IAIndiana: #371INOhio: #245OHPennsylvania: #277PANew Jersey: #305NJConnecticut: #219CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #152CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #210CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #272MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #200WVVirginia: #280VAMaryland: #159MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #273TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #348SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #200ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #151TXFlorida: #201FL
Joel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#39732
Quebec2025#5138

Joel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoelCanadaGirls—too few
JoelCanadaBoys#35992
JoelEngland & WalesGirls—too few
JoelEngland & WalesBoys#223223
JoelIrelandBoys#5096
JoelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoelNorthern IrelandBoys#13817
JoelNSWBoys—too few
JoelScotlandBoys#27813
JoelUSGirls#13,2086
JoelUSBoys#2191,633
JoelVICBoys—too few