Joelle
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Joelle
Joel is one of those boys’ names that's never been super-popular yet has never been UNpopular either -- it's been in the Top 400 in the US since we started keeping statistics in 1880. So it's inevitable that its female form Joelle would gain visibility too, and indeed Joelle was used most widely during Joel's reign in the Top 100, from the late 1960s through the early 1990s.
Joelle reentered the US Top 1000 in 2016 after a decade long absence. It had been just outside the Top 1000 almost all of those years, so its reentry is no surprise. It's also popular in the Netherlands. Joelle is one of the girl names starting with J that strikes the balance between familiar and unusual.
Pronunciation is distinctively two syllables, as if it were two names: Jo Elle. Joel, on the other hand, rhymes with bowl and roll.
Joelle is also given to boys, where it ranks #12889 in the US.
Pronounced joh-EL.
As of October 2026, Joelle ranked #1010 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #469 in 1966, Nameberry popularity #985.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,039 | 250 | #4,965 | 19 |
| 2015 | #1,080 | 243 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #784 | 363 | #4,250 | 24 |
| 2017 | #673 | 436 | #4,834 | 20 |
| 2018 | #699 | 416 | #4,293 | 24 |
| 2019 | #704 | 411 | #4,545 | 22 |
| 2020 | #762 | 359 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2021 | #734 | 388 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #785 | 361 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #937 | 283 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #919 | 288 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,010 | 248 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Joelle for girls
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Joelle on lists
Famous Joelles
- Joelle Marie CarterGirl
American actress
- Joelle HadjiaGirl
Australian pop singer
- Joelle ten DammeGirl
Dutch actress and singer
- Joëlle ChoupayGirl
Mogensen, American pop singer
- Joelle ForteGirl
American figure skater
- Joelle AmeryGirl
English singer and alopecia activist
- Joelle MarynGirl
American actress and model
- Joëlle WintrebertGirl
French novelist
- Joëlle UrsullGirl
Guadeloupean,French singer
- Joëlle MilquetGirl
Belgian politician
- Joëlle LéandreGirl
French bassist
- Joelle Joanie “Jojo" SiwaGirl
American reality TV personality ('Dance Moms')
- Joelle MurrayGirl
Scottish football player
- Shea Joelle James (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of actor Kevin James
- Joelle Killam (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actors Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam
- Joelle “Jojo” FletcherGirl
Bachelorette
Joelle in pop culture
- Joelle Van DyneGirl
character in "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace
- JoëlleGirl
character in French film "Day for Night"
- Joelle FillmoreGirl
mother to the main character on animated series "Fillmore"