Roel
Roel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 64 births. Its best rank was 879th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 640.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200083 births
- Best rank
- #879in 1969
- Since 1926
- 4,658people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,658 boys have been named Roel in the United States since 1926, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 83 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 15%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Roel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 59 | |
| 1940s | 183 | |
| 1950s | 409 | |
| 1960s | 608 | |
| 1970s | 663 | |
| 1980s | 698 | |
| 1990s | 625 | |
| 2000s | 637 | |
| 2010s | 510 | |
| 2020s | 260 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Roel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Roel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andrepeak 1970
- Rolandopeak 1994
- Eladiopeak 1981
- Anibalpeak 1990
- Mikelpeak 2004
- Joelpeak 1985
- Rudipeak 1978
- Kennonpeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.