Joelle

Joelle was the #1,008 girls' name in the US in 2025 (248 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Joelle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Joelle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,008 (248)#2,440 (11)——#916 (30)
2024#919 (289)#3,016 (8)——#775 (38)
2023#935 (284)#2,201 (12)——#673 (42)
2022#784 (362)#2,488 (10)——#632 (45)
2021#732 (389)#1,785 (16)——#560 (53)
2020#761 (359)#3,447 (6)——#532 (55)
2019#703 (411)#3,151 (7)——#480 (67)
2018#699 (416)#2,340 (11)#809 (3)—#466 (70)
2017#673 (436)#2,502 (10)——#507 (63)
2016#782 (363)#1,834 (16)——#477 (69)
2015#1,079 (243)#1,783 (16)——#711 (40)
2014#1,036 (250)#2,058 (13)——#580 (53)
2013#1,082 (228)#3,536 (6)——#575 (52)
2012#1,121 (221)#2,338 (11)——#479 (63)
2011#1,096 (224)#2,025 (13)——#527 (58)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #673.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joelle is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,500 to 1 in 8,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joelle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #548ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Joelle (girls) 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#1,01811

Joelle (girls): 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
JoelleCanadaGirls#91630
JoelleEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
JoelleIrelandGirls—too few
JoelleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoelleScotlandGirls—too few
JoelleUSGirls#1,008248
JoelleUSBoys#12,0085