Joella
Joella is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. Its best rank was 792nd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201678 births
- Best rank
- #792in 1880
- Since 1880
- 4,161people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,161 girls have been named Joella in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 78 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 2010s alone account for 15%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Joella | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 8 | |
| 1900s | 27 | |
| 1910s | 112 | |
| 1920s | 273 | |
| 1930s | 377 | |
| 1940s | 477 | |
| 1950s | 447 | |
| 1960s | 431 | |
| 1970s | 310 | |
| 1980s | 284 | |
| 1990s | 185 | |
| 2000s | 314 | |
| 2010s | 617 | |
| 2020s | 288 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Joella was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2016 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Joella
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosalynpeak 1955
- Cozettepeak 2013
- Evangelinapeak 2012
- Estelapeak 2022
- Nilapeak 2022
- Irispeak 2024
- Gretapeak 1967
- Romeliapeak 1954
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.