Joel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joel: Recorded since 1969, it reached #27 in 1987, and it stood at #178 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
213times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#27highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Joel's record

Held a top-100 place for 43 years running. Names by top-100 run
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 22 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1996

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 51 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2025: #178 among boys in Norway, #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #523 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2010
Highest recorded position: #27 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1987 (recorded 1976–2010).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #178 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Joel appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 862 births with the name.

Joel across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#523 (1969)	#148 (2021)	#178 (2025)	51 of 57	862 (1969–2025)	40 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#268 (1973)	#185 (2005)	#509 (2025)	35 of 53	388 (1973–2025)	22 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#98 (1976)	#27 (1987)	#100 (2010)	35 of 35	7,836 (1976–2010)	379 (1987)
New Zealand · Boys	#56 (1980)	#40 (2005)	#79 (2013)	33 of 34	2,932 (1980–2013)	122 (1994)
England and Wales · Boys	#75 (1996)	#62 (2001)	#209 (2024)	29 of 29	19,004 (1996–2024)	978 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#84 (1997)	#38 (2003)	#154 (2024)	28 of 28	1,245 (1997–2024)	74 (2003)

Joel by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	32	5 of 10	6
1980s	78	9 of 10	9
1990s	94	10 of 10	9
2000s	182	10 of 10	18
2010sbusiest	298	10 of 10	30
2020s	173	6 of 10	29

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Joel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1987.

Joel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#209	240	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#170	306	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#214	239	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#173	310	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#161	332	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#164	322	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#130	447	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#117	540	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#119	524	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#109	591	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#107	570	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#105	594	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#101	621	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#88	712	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#81	802	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#80	836	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#88	766	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#80	858	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#74	897	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#69	978	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#73	885	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#69	846	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#69	858	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#62	926	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#68	791	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#70	829	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#76	782	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#75	809	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#75	793	High	Verified
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#58	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	224	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	224	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	229	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	232	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	243	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	248	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	248	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	256	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	318	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	308	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	313	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	359	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	379	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	288	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#37	257	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	235	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	260	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	69	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New Zealand	male	#79	61	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#76	63	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#81	64	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#65	77	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#65	84	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#64	82	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#50	96	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#40	103	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#57	94	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#60	86	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#51	91	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#73	70	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#61	84	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#64	86	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#72	75	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#72	72	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#65	88	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#52	118	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#51	122	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#63	100	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#57	106	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#60	107	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#54	108	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#60	91	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#53	105	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#52	110	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#54	92	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#48	103	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#66	77	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#59	85	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#68	67	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#73	68	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#56	97	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#154	14	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#118	21	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#109	23	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#134	19	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#103	26	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#133	19	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#80	36	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#66	48	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#93	33	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#84	39	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#63	47	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#67	47	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#67	49	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#70	48	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#50	68	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#54	62	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#54	63	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#52	63	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#50	62	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#53	60	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#52	58	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#38	74	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#61	47	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#52	61	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#60	50	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#71	41	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#87	33	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#84	34	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#178	27	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#176	28	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#162	33	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#154	34	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#148	35	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#244	16	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#175	31	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#158	38	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#153	40	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#192	28	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#188	31	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#206	27	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#207	27	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#227	22	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#188	30	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#211	24	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#238	21	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#226	22	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#257	18	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#205	25	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#289	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#236	20	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#290	13	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#263	17	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#385	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#372	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#341	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#415	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#596	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#329	12	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#335	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#403	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#352	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#463	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#429	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#397	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#496	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#353	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#439	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#414	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#473	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#498	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#638	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#409	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#509	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#524	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#578	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#300	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	17	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	22	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	21	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	19	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	12	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	16	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	16	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#191	14	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#278	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #27, first reached in 1987.

It held a top-100 place in 43 years, 43 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 978 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jody · #67, 45y
Joe · #48, 36y
Joella · #1863, 25y
Joelle · #442, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Margot · #28, 53y
Cassandra · #25, 57y
Eden · #30, 51y
Emilia · #31, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aine · #27, 61y
Harvey · #27, 31y
Troy · #27, 62y
Brigid · #26, 58y

Joel was ranked #27 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1987. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joel without appearing here.

Joel moved ahead of

Kristian Compare
In 2019 they stood at #466 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #433 and #741.
Egil Compare
In 2004 they stood at #289 and #288 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #205 and #485.
Andreas Compare
In 2000 they stood at #322 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #191 and #409.
Mitchell Compare
In 2000 they stood at #324 and #242 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #191 and #409.

Moved ahead of Joel

Bradley Compare
In 2024 they stood at #430 and #520 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #509 and #372.
Cameron Compare
In 1993 they stood at #255 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1994 that had become #342 and #208.
Ulrik Compare
In 1986 they stood at #353 and #486 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #496 and #373.
Nathan Compare
In 1980 they stood at #268 and #290 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1981 that had become #322 and #217.

Moved the opposite way to Joel

Anders Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 while Anders went from #42 to #293.
Arild Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 while Arild went from #36 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 while Arne went from #30 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.

Moved the same way as Joel

Aksel Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 and Aksel from #340 to #25.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 and Alfred from #399 to #26.
Arthur Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 and Arthur from #281 to #83.
Emil Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Joel went from #523 to #178 and Emil from #325 to #2.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in New South Wales, Australia in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joel

Joel at a glance

What stands out in Joel's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joel across 6 official records

Joel by decade in Norway · Boys

Joel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Joel and the names beside it

Joel moved ahead of

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Joel at a glance

What stands out in Joel's record

Joel across 6 official records

Joel by decade in Norway · Boys

Joel appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Joel and the names beside it

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