Zoel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZOH-el
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Zoel is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Zoel come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Joel, or a French Canadian name
Is Zoel a girl's or a boy's name?
Zoel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zoel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Zoel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Zoel in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zoel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Zoel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gael Axel Atlas Archer Aziel Shepherd Kylo Wilder Hendrix Theo Wylder Zayden
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, “Zoel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoel, updated 20 October 2026.