Yoel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yoel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,117 in 2021, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1117highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#1642
1999	#1383
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#1519
2003	#2470
2004	#1878
2005	#1991
2006	#2282
2007	#2435
2008	#1828
2009	#2126
2010	#1911
2011	#3300
2012	#1669
2013	#2403
2014	#1560
2015	#2707
2016	#1704
2017	#1923
2018	#1533
2019	#1655
2020	#1379
2021	#1117
2022	#1692
2023	#2813
2024	#1758

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1117 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yoel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yoel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	24	4 of 10	6
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	78	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yoel appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1117 in England and Wales in 2021.

Yoel'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1117	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,117, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 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.

Adan · #1116, 29y
Harveer · #1116, 29y
Mikel · #1119, 26y
Dhillon · #1113, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Maizy · #1117, 22y
Adan · #1116, 29y
Harveer · #1116, 29y
Mikel · #1119, 26y

Yoel 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 Yoel without appearing here.

Yoel moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3300 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #4805.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1704 and #4810.

Moved ahead of Yoel

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #1347.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Yoel

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yoel went from #2863 to #1692 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yoel went from #2863 to #1692 while Tor went from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Yoel went from #2863 to #1379 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Yoel went from #2863 to #1655 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1117 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yoel

Yoel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yoel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yoel at a glance

Yoel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Yoel and the names beside it

Yoel moved ahead of

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