How Many People Are Named Yoel?
people named Yoel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 82,736 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,227 babies named Yoel in Social Security records from 1970 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JOEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yoel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yoel alive today is about 19 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yoel first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 2019, to 180 babies. In 2025, 103 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yoel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #779, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,643.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,643 |
| Best rank | #779 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,340 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yoel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yoel were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,768 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yoel was given 9.3 times as often in New York, 1.5 times in New Jersey and 1.4 times in Florida.
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