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Joriel

Gender
Boy
Say it
JOR-ee-el
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#1,613 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,883 for boys

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Joriel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).

Where does Joriel come from?

Modern: modern name, perhaps modelled on names like Gabriel

Is Joriel a girl's or a boy's name?

Joriel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Joriel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,613among boys
Babies in 2025
17about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 700% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Joriel, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.

2024Busiest: 17 in 20252025
Joriel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202517#1,613
20244#4,346

How popular is Joriel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,883among boys
Babies in 2025
43about 1 in 40,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Joriel, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 2008.

2025 had the most boys named Joriel of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.

Half of all the boys named Joriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2008Busiest: 43 in 20252025
Joriel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202543#2,883
202416#5,655
20239#8,250
202210#7,762
202110#7,582
202012#6,616
201917#5,336
201823#4,350
201722#4,462
20165#12,180
201514#5,995
201411#7,043
20136#10,722
201211#7,044
201110#7,495
201010#7,585
20090–
20085#12,546

Names like Joriel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Joriel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/joriel, updated 20 October 2026.