NameTides

Yoel

Yoel was the #1,634 boys' name in the US in 2025 (103 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Yoel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yoel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Yoel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,634 (103)#1,705 (15)#1,207 (20)
2024#1,494 (120)#1,758 (14)#1,432 (15)
2023#1,244 (156)#2,814 (7)#1,342 (15)
2022#1,388 (134)#1,692 (14)#917 (26)
2021#1,325 (140)#1,117 (25)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,240 (150)#1,379 (18)#1,312 (15)
2019#1,100 (180)#1,655 (14)#1,101 (19)
2018#1,291 (142)#1,533 (16)#1,389 (13)
2017#1,245 (147)#1,923 (12)#1,113 (19)
2016#1,194 (159)#1,704 (14)#1,831 (9)
2015#1,317 (134)#2,707 (7)#1,956 (8)
2014#1,402 (120)#1,560 (15)#1,381 (13)
2013#1,492 (109)#2,403 (8)#2,606 (5)
2012#1,551 (102)#1,669 (14)#1,655 (10)
2011#1,484 (109)#3,300 (5)#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #1,100.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 17,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yoel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yoel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #455NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Yoel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Yoel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YoelCanadaBoys#1,20720
YoelEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
YoelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
YoelUSBoys#1,634103