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Yoel

Meaning: Yahweh is God
Origin: Hebrew — Original form of Joel

Boy's name · #1643 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Yoel reached its best rank, #779, in 1980 and ranked #1643 in 2025. Roughly 4,200 boys have been named Yoel since 1970.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#420 in Mexico (2024) · #834 in Sweden (2025) · #1,207 in Canada (2025) · #1,283 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,620 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,705 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,096 in France (2025) · #3,528 in Austria (2025) · #24,754 in Italy (2024) · #1,385 in Belgium (2024) · #973 in Netherlands (2018).

Famous Yoels

Yoel Romero — Cuban Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1977)
Yoel Levi — Israeli conductor (born 1950)
Yoel Rodríguez — Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Yoel Roth — Former Head of Site Integrity at Twitter (born 1987)
Yoel Finol — Venezuelan boxer (born 1996)

What Yoels become

Among 107 notable people named Yoel:

Sports figures appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yoel Romero, Cuban Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist (born 1977).

Similar names: Joel · Aharon · Yehoshua · Jahir · Jael · Uziel

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