Joal is a very rare variant of Joel that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Joal is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2005. Joal first appears in 1936 and peaked in 1946 (8 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,284 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,524 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,391 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | — | #6,295 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #7,030 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | — | #5,939 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,840 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #6,819 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,838 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,708 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,398 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | — | #6,310 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,012 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,919 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #5,265 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #7,222 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,041 | — |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,114 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,802 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | — | #3,727 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,520 | — |