Joel

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #219in 2025
  • 1 in 1,045boys in 2025
  • −30%last ten years
  • 2.1×in New Mexico

Most popular in 1980. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,2792,55818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Joel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880371
1881566
1882475
1883487
1884489
1885519
1886442
1887473
1888397
1889335
1890333
1891306
1892320
1893463
1894380
1895315
1896309
1897275
1898391
1899348
1900233
1901319
1902310
1903268
1904336
1905363
1906368
1907368
1908292
1909305
1910283
1911261
1912300
1913326
1914305
1915321
1916317
1917333
1918343
1919365
1920325
1921359
1922338
1923317
1924333
1925340
1926341
1927348
1928375
1929390
1930415
1931459
1932598
1933672
1934789
1935883
19361,022
19371,046
19381,138
19391,170
19401,103
19411,090
19421,155
19431,223
19441,258
19451,187
19461,231
19471,172
19481,155
19491,120
19501,141
19511,148
19521,146
19531,167
19541,273
19551,362
19561,624
19571,671
19581,519
19591,620
19601,741
19611,656
19621,594
19631,594
19641,573
19651,538
19661,812
19671,993
19682,119
19692,059
19702,066
19711,979
19722,176
19732,291
19742,220
19752,388
19762,372
19772,327
19782,321
19792,449
19802,558
19812,535
19822,450
19832,424
19842,507
19852,501
19862,447
19872,216
19882,058
19891,969
19901,947
19911,862
19921,836
19931,814
19941,743
19951,628
19961,586
19971,586
19981,660
19991,659
20001,721
20011,630
20021,644
20031,643
20041,631
20051,640
20061,681
20071,649
20081,835
20091,797
20101,597
20111,609
20121,466
20131,442
20141,391
20151,358
20161,279
20171,224
20181,174
20191,168
20201,068
20211,027
20221,019
20231,020
2024951
2025956

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 2.1×
  2. Maryland 1.6×
  3. Texas 1.5×
  4. Arizona 1.5×
  5. Kansas 1.4×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,633
Rank in 2025
#219
How rare
1 in 1,045 boys
Since 1880
279,655

Most popular in 1980, at 2,558 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico2.1×39
Maryland1.6×110
Texas1.5×796
Arizona1.5×142
Kansas1.4×58

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.