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Joel
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
Rank in 2024
#12,856
Born in 2024
7
Peak year
1966 · #1018
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:1,633 in 2024 (#219)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7 girls were named Joel, about 1 in every 230,455.
- It peaked in 1966 with 103 babies, ranked #1018.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 2,588 girls have been named Joel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 128 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 373 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 439 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 819 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 569 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 192 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew יוֹאֵל (yo'él, “Yahweh (is) God”). As a medieval French and English given name, it is also from Breton Judicaël (related to Joyce and Jocelyn). Cf. Elijah.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joel, CC BY-SA 4.0.