Joniel
Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Joniel was most popular in 2022, when 46 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,979 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 697 people named Joniel.
Joniel over time
How old is the name Joniel?
Joniel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 27 of the 34 years since.
How many people are named Joniel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 697 American births named Joniel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 690 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Joniel in 2025?
21 American babies were named Joniel in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Is Joniel getting more or less popular?
Joniel is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 30 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -10% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Joniel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Joniel is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 697 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Joniel?
Roughly 690 Americans named Joniel are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 11 years old, and half are between 6 and 16. That is a narrow band because Joniel is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Joniel is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org