Joell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JOH-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Joell is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord is God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Joell mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Joel
“the Lord is God”
Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Meaning borrowed from Joel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Joell a girl's or a boy's name?
Joell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Joell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Joell, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Joell than any year since 2016.
In 2025, 256 boys in the UK were given Joell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Joel 253
- Joell 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Joell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Joell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Joell, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Joell than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Joell in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,648 boys in the US were given Joell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
- Joel 1,633
- Joell 15
In 1969, 91% of the babies named Joell in the US were girls. By 2012 it was 6%, with more boys than girls since 2006.
Joell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,643 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Joell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jonah Jacob Noah Axel Jude Jaxon Caleb Asher Jenson Isaac Eli Elijah
Other spellings of Joell
Names related to Joell
More Hebrew names
Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi Eliana Joseph
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Joell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joell, updated 20 October 2026.