Loel

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Loel has been given to 289 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Loel, 2024

1 in 557,000

Loel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Loel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Loel means

Loel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Loel is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 284 boys were recorded with the name Loel between 1916 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1921; its best national rank was #2,319 in 1951.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Loel between 1942 and 1942. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1942; its best national rank was #5,035 in 1942.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Loel?

Loel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Loel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Loel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Loels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Loel was born before 1945 — so the typical Loel is around 80 today.

Median birth year: 1945; About 80 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 26.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 2.1%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 124; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 26.1% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Loel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (13)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 44.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,319; 1951

Spellings of Loel

Loel is not the most common spelling — Joe is, with 24.3% against Loel's 0.02%.

Joe24.3%453,255
Joel15.0%279,655
Leo13.9%259,988
Lee12.5%233,627
Axel3.9%72,459
Abel3.5%66,037
Joey2.9%53,758
Noel2.8%52,096

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Loel around the world

Where Loel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2023–2024
#5,120
in 2024
France
2005–2005
#4,871
in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Loel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,319; 1951
Peak year: 1921; 13 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 284
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,035; 1942
Peak year: 1942; 5 that year
First recorded: 1942
Last recorded: 1942
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Loel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Zoel Loen Jhoel Refoel Eyoel Michoel Yoel Roel Doel Coel Xoel Loegan Noel Yisroel Oel Knoel Joel

Sibling names for Loel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella Dortha

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Milford

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