Boys' name · since 1970
Yoel
Yoel has 4,227 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,639 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,227
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yoel is the #1639 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 4,227 recorded since 1970.
Yoel has 4,227 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1639 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #2,002 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,639 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,227 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoel ranks #2,002 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,639 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,227 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,002 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,639 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,227
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yoel's 4,227 recorded births place it above 95.59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Yoel compares
4,227 Top 14% higher than 86% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yoel's all-time total is 11x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yoel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,227 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 180 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yoel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yoel's full recorded timeline at 1999, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 180 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yoel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 180
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Yoel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,319 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Yoel's strongest decade.
1,319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Yoel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 127
1970s
127 births
- 1980s
1980s
697 births
- 1990s 492
1990s
492 births
- 2000s
2000s
789 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,319 births
- 2020s
2020s
803 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,319 births (31% of all-time use).
How Yoel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Yoel's total volume
Yoel by state
Where Yoel concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,831 | 43.3% |
| #2 | California | | 364 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 259 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 236 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 126 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 53 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 46 | 1.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 42 | 1.0% |
1,831 of 4,227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Yoel appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yoel's data
- Yoel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,319 total births) through the 2020s (803) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yoels (1,831 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yoel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yoel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.