Yoel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,634 for boys
Yoel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord is God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,634th for boys in the US (103 babies).
What does Yoel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Joel
“the Lord is God”
The Hebrew form of Joel, the prophet whose short book is part of the Hebrew Bible.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Yoel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 103 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Yoel, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yoel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Yoel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,200 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Yoel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,634th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 103 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 103 boys in the US were named Yoel, making it the 1,634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,240th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 180 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Yoel than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Yoel in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yoel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #1,634 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,244 |
| 2022 | 134 | #1,388 |
| 2021 | 140 | #1,325 |
| 2020 | 150 | #1,240 |
| 2019 | 180 | #1,100 |
| 2018 | 142 | #1,291 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,245 |
| 2016 | 159 | #1,194 |
| 2015 | 134 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 117 | #1,415 |
| 2009 | 95 | #1,653 |
| 2008 | 99 | #1,594 |
| 2007 | 94 | #1,638 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,717 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 81 | #1,526 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 58 | #1,576 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 57 | #1,447 |
| 1988 | 52 | #1,462 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,610 |
| 1986 | 47 | #1,456 |
| 1985 | 52 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 73 | #1,035 |
| 1982 | 89 | #950 |
| 1981 | 99 | #894 |
| 1980 | 127 | #777 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,023 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Yoel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah, Axel, Caleb, Jonah, Asher, Abel, Levi, Gabriel, Ezra, Isaac, Jude, Tobias
Names related to Yoel
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yoel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yoel, updated 20 October 2026.