Joelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,008 for girls
Joelle is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 1,008th for girls in the US (248 babies).
What does Joelle mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from French Joëlle [in turn from Hebrew], masculine equivalent Joel.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Joelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Joelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 248 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Joelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Joelle, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Joelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Joelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,008th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 248 about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 248 girls in the US were named Joelle, making it the 1,008th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 761st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 436 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918. 5 boys were also named Joelle in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Joelle than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Joelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 248 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 289 | #919 |
| 2023 | 284 | #935 |
| 2022 | 362 | #784 |
| 2021 | 389 | #732 |
| 2020 | 359 | #761 |
| 2019 | 411 | #703 |
| 2018 | 416 | #699 |
| 2017 | 436 | #673 |
| 2016 | 363 | #782 |
| 2015 | 243 | #1,079 |
| 2014 | 250 | #1,036 |
| 2013 | 228 | #1,082 |
| 2012 | 221 | #1,121 |
| 2011 | 224 | #1,096 |
| 2010 | 222 | #1,110 |
| 2009 | 228 | #1,112 |
| 2008 | 256 | #1,022 |
| 2007 | 259 | #1,019 |
| 2006 | 234 | #1,083 |
| 2005 | 220 | #1,078 |
| 2004 | 257 | #936 |
| 2003 | 264 | #903 |
| 2002 | 244 | #916 |
| 2001 | 233 | #948 |
| 2000 | 243 | #900 |
| 1999 | 253 | #853 |
| 1998 | 254 | #837 |
| 1997 | 252 | #820 |
| 1996 | 235 | #847 |
| 1995 | 245 | #807 |
| 1994 | 256 | #794 |
| 1993 | 224 | #862 |
| 1992 | 214 | #912 |
| 1991 | 248 | #824 |
| 1990 | 255 | #788 |
| 1989 | 241 | #787 |
| 1988 | 240 | #784 |
| 1987 | 287 | #655 |
| 1986 | 284 | #647 |
| 1985 | 272 | #665 |
| 1984 | 198 | #802 |
| 1983 | 162 | #918 |
| 1982 | 167 | #905 |
| 1981 | 160 | #932 |
| 1980 | 177 | #866 |
| 1979 | 166 | #897 |
| 1978 | 181 | #826 |
| 1977 | 171 | #860 |
| 1976 | 157 | #866 |
| 1975 | 179 | #785 |
| 1974 | 165 | #815 |
| 1973 | 159 | #824 |
| 1972 | 191 | #733 |
| 1971 | 210 | #722 |
| 1970 | 299 | #584 |
| 1969 | 320 | #551 |
| 1968 | 390 | #489 |
| 1967 | 375 | #492 |
| 1966 | 406 | #469 |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,097 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,866 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 27 | #2,102 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,052 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,707 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,821 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Joelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Jessica, Michelle, Eve, Molly, Jade, Janelle, Elise, Zoe, Hope, Abigail, Mia
Names related to Joelle
Joella, Joely, Jolee, Joelie, Jaelle, Jaielle, Jayelle, Joellie, Joelly
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Joelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joelle, updated 20 October 2026.