Uel — boys' name
75 babies named Uel in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Uel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Uel in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Uel
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Uel between 1915 and 1939, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Uel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Uel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Uel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Uel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Uel 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 75 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.
Uel at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Uel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1915
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
75 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 8 births in a single year.
Uel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 34 births that decade — 45% of Uel's all-time total
Uel decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Uel's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Uel by state
Where Uel concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 5 | 6.7% |
5 of 75 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 6.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 6.7% 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, 1915–1939 (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.