Joella

Joella was the #3,517 girls' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Joella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Joella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Joella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,517 (43)#2,605 (10)#2,730 (7)
2024#3,277 (48)#2,412 (11)#2,685 (7)
2023#3,640 (42)#1,863 (15)#2,366 (8)
2022#2,579 (68)#2,488 (10)—
2021#2,608 (66)#2,341 (11)#3,280 (5)
2020#2,631 (64)#4,535 (4)#2,873 (6)
2019#2,891 (57)#4,001 (5)#1,798 (12)
2018#2,438 (73)#2,674 (9)#2,151 (9)
2017#2,401 (75)——
2016#2,385 (78)#3,214 (7)#2,892 (6)
2015#2,964 (58)#2,070 (13)—
2014#2,648 (66)#3,514 (6)#2,617 (7)
2013#3,123 (52)#3,536 (6)#3,286 (5)
2012#3,040 (55)#2,969 (8)#3,334 (5)
2011#2,989 (57)#2,636 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #738.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 37,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 37,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Joella is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 58,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoellaCanadaGirls#2,7307
JoellaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
JoellaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoellaUSGirls#3,51743