Joel Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Joel: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 279,655 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

279,655

Peak year

1985 #67

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-20.2%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	3,056	#132
2012	2,780	#144
2013	2,727	#144
2014	2,672	#154
2015	2,602	#159
2016	2,427	#166
2017	2,265	#177
2018	2,132	#188
2019	2,095	#187
2020	1,843	#207
2021	1,797	#211
2022	1,780	#209
2023	1,745	#212
2024	1,638	#219
2025	1,633	#219

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1985

635

468

398

235

212

198

Names from the same era

Daniel · 1985 Ryan · 1985 Bryan · 1985 Dustin · 1985 Ross · 1985 Drew · 1985 Antoine · 1985 Christopher · 1984 Adam · 1984 Marcus · 1984

Names similar to Joel

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