boys:
4k births since 1970
#1943 (58th percentile)
overall:
4k births since 1970
#4346 (44th percentile)
The name Yoel is the #4,346 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,995 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 43.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,943 (57.6% percentile) for all time with 3,995 births since 1970.
Yoel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970). Birth data for Yoel is available in 52 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Yoel reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 19.1% percentile (ranked #742) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 94 births per million (ranked 19.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Yoel ranks #764 for boys (16.2% percentile) with 83 births per million, which is 88.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yoel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Yoel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.1% confident that Yoel is pronounced as YOH-ehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yoh-EHL, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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