Roel
Boy · ROOL · Germanic
Roel is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Roel mean?
Germanic: Dutch short form of Roeland or Roelof
A Dutch short form of Roeland (Roland) or Roelof (Rudolf), both beginning with the Germanic element meaning fame.
- Say it
- ROOL
Is Roel a girl's or a boy's name?
Roel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Roel, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Roel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Roel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
How popular is Roel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Roel, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the boys named Roel in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,236 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 46 | #2,688 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 54 | #2,380 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,110 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,475 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,582 |
| 1997 | 58 | #1,690 |
| 1996 | 54 | #1,722 |
| 1995 | 63 | #1,503 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 58 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,646 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,357 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,266 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,174 |
| 1986 | 63 | #1,198 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,289 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,027 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,039 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,062 |
| 1980 | 82 | #996 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 69 | #1,051 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,113 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,042 |
| 1975 | 77 | #933 |
| 1974 | 74 | #948 |
| 1973 | 70 | #962 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,083 |
| 1971 | 68 | #985 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,000 |
| 1969 | 76 | #877 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,017 |
| 1967 | 61 | #925 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,007 |
| 1965 | 66 | #912 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 65 | #938 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,041 |
| 1960 | 68 | #915 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 44 | #1,162 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,198 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,031 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,165 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
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