Revel
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- REV-ul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Unisex
Revel is a name of English origin, meaning “to celebrate”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Revel mean?
English: English word, from Old French reveler 'to make merry'
“to celebrate”
The English word revel came via Old French from Latin rebellare, 'to rebel'.
Is Revel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Revel has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Revel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Revel, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 16 girls were also named Revel in 2025 (6,837th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Revel in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 39% of the babies named Revel in the US were girls.
Revel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Revel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Royal Rhodes Sevyn Archer Ledger Baker Legend Shepherd Wylder Brewer Brixton Reign
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Revel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/revel, updated 20 October 2026.