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Yoel

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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
Babies named Yoel, by year of birthboys
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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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Yoel
1970s127
1980s697
1990s491
2000s789
2010s1,319
2020s699

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.

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.