Yoel
Yoel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 119 births. Its best rank was 779th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1190.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019180 births
- Best rank
- #779in 1980
- Since 1970
- 4,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,122 boys have been named Yoel in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 180 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 32%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Yoel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Yoel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jedidiahpeak 2017
- Hanpeak 2018
- Boepeak 2015
- Ziadpeak 2019
- Sholompeak 2020
- Aryehpeak 2024
- Marwanpeak 2017
- Shmuelpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.