How rare is the name Roel?

4,768 people in the United States have the first name Roel, about 1 in 63,346. It ranks #4,062 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROEL

#4,062

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,768
About
1 in 63,346
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,768 people named Roel, 78.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Roel peaked in 2000, when 83 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
83
In 2025*
54 ▼35%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,711 babies have been given the name since 1926. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Roel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,333. The largest share of babies named Roel, 22.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#13,0426
1930s#6,12959
1940s#3,564183
1950s#2,673409
1960s#2,333608
1970s#2,477663
1980s#2,753698
1990s#3,672624
2000s#4,558637
2010s#5,582510
2020s#5,461314
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–453.1%
Baby boom 1946–6417.1%
Generation X 1965–8022.4%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1221.6%
2013 and later13.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Roel

#4,059 Roxane · 4,773#4,061 Deisy · 4,771#4,063 Arcelia · 4,767#4,063 Cathrine · 4,767

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roel, most common first.

#37,614 Rowel · 207

Also a last name

As a last name, Roel ranks #37,855 of 156,621, with 631 people. See Roel as a last name

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