How Many People Are Named Roel?
people named Roel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 81,864 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,711 babies named Roel in Social Security records from 1926 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ROELAND or ROELOF.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Roel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Roel alive today is about 36 years old, and 44% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 19 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Roel first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 2000, to 83 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Roel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #879, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #2,510.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,510 |
| Best rank | #879 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,132 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Roel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Roel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,133 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Roel was given about 11.4 times as often in Texas.
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