Over the past 110 years, 266 001 boys and 505 girls have been named Joel. The name Joel ranks 130th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Joel in 1910. The peak of popularity of the name Joel came in the 1970s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.