How rare is the name Yoel?

4,884 people in the United States have the first name Yoel, about 1 in 61,841. It ranks #3,984 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

first name

YOEL

#3,984

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,884
About
1 in 61,841
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,884 people named Yoel, 57.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.2% as White and 7.3% as Black. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yoel peaked in 2019, when 180 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
180
In 2025*
103 ▼43%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,227 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Yoel by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,756. The largest share of babies named Yoel, 42.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#7,151127
1980s#2,756697
1990s#4,300492
2000s#3,941789
2010s#2,9541,319
2020s#2,910803
Generation X 1965–806%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–1229.9%
2013 and later42.4%

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.

Where Yoel is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yoel has been most common in New York (7.6×), Florida (2.2×), and New Jersey (1.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.3×).

3,086 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Yoel

3 other first names also have 4,884 people.

#3,984 Jasmyn · 4,884#3,984 Jocelynn · 4,884#3,984 Shameka · 4,884

Either side of Yoel

#3,984 Jocelynn · 4,884#3,984 Shameka · 4,884#3,988 Camdyn · 4,883#3,989 Kya · 4,877

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