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Yoel

“Variant of Joel — Yahweh is God” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1634 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Yoel has appeared in US records since 1970 — best rank #777 (1980) · 4,227 babies named Yoel all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,000 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 10,000 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Yoels

• Yoel Romero — Cuban mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1977)
• Yoel Rodríguez — Spanish footballer
• Yoel Finol — Venezuelan boxer
• Yoel García — athletics competitor
• Yoel Levi — Israeli conductor

What Yoels become

Among 101 notable people named Yoel:

Athletes appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yoel Romero, Cuban mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1977).

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