Roel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Roel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Roel: Recorded since 2014, it reached #1,431 in 2020, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
11years from first to last
#1431highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2014–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#3362
2016	#3478
2017	#1470
2018	#1610
2019	#1869
2020	#1431
2021	#2730
2022	#1534
2023	#1799
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 11 years from 2014 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2014–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2014
First recorded at #3362 among boys in England and Wales in 2014 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2014–2024
Highest recorded position: #1431 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2014–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Roel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names that changed direction repeatedly

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1431 in England and Wales in 2020.

Roel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1431	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2014 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,431, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,517position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Lamaisah · #1436, 11y
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Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Ronnie-Ray · #1431, 11y
Lamaisah · #1436, 11y
Tyrion · #1421, 14y
Adira · #1416, 10y

Roel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Roel without appearing here.

Roel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1799 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #4991.
Einar Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3478 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1470 and #3996.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Roel

Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Roel

Aaron Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 while Aaron went from #80 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 while Alan went from #187 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 while Alex went from #75 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Roel

Aksel Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 and Aksel from #2079 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 and Albie from #117 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 and Archie from #17 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2014 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Roel went from #3362 to #1517 and Arlo from #141 to #15.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2014 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1431 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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