JOEL is ranked as the 250th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 268,331.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 84.15 people named JOEL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JOEL is 226,589.
The SSA data also shows that JOEL is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JOEL is
69.6% White,
17.2% Hispanic origin,
9.6% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JOEL have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Black.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JOEL is included in the following name categories:
Masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
French masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Biblical surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JOEL
The state with the most people named
JOEL is
California where
33,907 people have this name.
North Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JOEL, as
143.54 in every 100,000
North Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
North Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
West Virginia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JOEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,250
79.58
99.5%
Indiana
4,237
64.22
99.0%
Iowa
3,539
113.91
99.2%
Kansas
2,103
72.4
98.2%
Michigan
8,051
81.24
99.6%
Minnesota
7,783
142.63
99.6%
Missouri
2,280
76.16
98.5%
Nebraska
1,748
92.89
98.0%
North Dakota
1,061
143.54
96.8%
Ohio
6,858
59.15
99.2%
South Dakota
1,088
127.48
96.8%
Wisconsin
6,313
109.65
99.4%
West States
State stats for the first name JOEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
653
88.64
95.2%
Arizona
5,965
88.61
99.1%
California
33,907
87.38
99.8%
Colorado
5,200
97.09
99.2%
Hawaii
1,066
75.07
98.6%
Idaho
1,444
88.37
97.7%
Montana
832
81.24
96.4%
Nevada
2,540
89.48
98.8%
New Mexico
1,753
84.07
97.9%
Oregon
3,558
89.62
98.9%
Utah
2,675
90.89
98.6%
Washington
6,423
90.95
99.5%
Wyoming
392
67.05
94.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JOEL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JOEL as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JOEL.
The most popular full name is JOEL Smith.
0.71% of all the people named JOEL
have this family name.
There are 22551 last
names associated with this first name.