Doyel — boys' name
93 babies named Doyel in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Doyel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Doyel in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doyel
The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Doyel between 1922 and 1947, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doyel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doyel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Doyel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Doyel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doyel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Doyel at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1922
- Peak year (1925)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
93 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 8 births in a single year.
Doyel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 36 births that decade — 39% of Doyel's all-time total
Doyel decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Doyel's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Doyel by state
Where Doyel concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 5.4% |
5 of 93 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.