Boy
Joel
Rooted in Hebrew, Joel is a boy's name that means "Yahweh is God". It is not as common as it was in the 1980s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. The registry counts around 266,528 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
HebrewYahweh is God
HebrewThe Lord is God
Births by decade
1900s
428
1910s
2,220
1920s
3,930
1930s
8,894
1940s
17,654
1950s
28,087
1960s
34,294
1970s
37,657
1980s
43,974
1990s
34,041
2000s
33,768
2010s
21,581
Peaked in the 1980s · 266,528 total U.S. births since 1900