Joelle
Joelle is a feminine given name, and may refer to:Joelle, English-Austrian actress and singer Joelle Behlok, Lebanese television presenter and winner Miss Lebanon 1997 Joelle Carter, American actress Joelle Fishman, American politician, writer and editor Joelle Fletcher, American television personality and real estate developer Joelle Forte, American figure skater Joelle Franzmann, German…
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Meaning & Origin of Joelle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joelle is a feminine given name, and may refer to:Joelle, English-Austrian actress and singer Joelle Behlok, Lebanese television presenter and winner Miss Lebanon 1997 Joelle Carter, American actress Joelle Fishman, American politician, writer and editor Joelle Fletcher, American television personality and real estate developer Joelle Forte, American figure skater Joelle Franzmann, German…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Joelle
American parents first put Joelle on the record books as a baby girl name in 1918, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 436 Joelles were born — ranking #673 that year. As of 2026, Joelle ranks #971 for baby girls with 267 births, falling sharply (-26%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Joelle
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Names that sound like Joelle
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About the name Joelle
Joelle is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Joelle's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #469. Use the chart and map above to compare Joelle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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