Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Roel

#1,810 most common boys' name of all time · #4,377 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1926–2025

Rank among boys
#1,810
Rank overall
#4,377 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
4,711
Since 2016
491
Peak year
2000 #1,484
Best rank
#879 1969
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
19401960198020002020

Roel first appears in 1926. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 54 54 #2,489
2024 64 64 #2,241
2023 60 60 #2,330
2022 49 49 #2,688
2021 41 41 #2,984
2020 46 46 #2,703
2019 37 37 #3,158
2018 53 53 #2,453
2017 50 50 #2,543
2016 37 37 #3,123
2015 40 40 #2,928
2014 63 63 #2,158
2013 49 49 #2,501
2012 55 55 #2,334
2011 66 66 #2,041
2010 60 60 #2,193
2009 54 54 #2,391
2008 58 58 #2,273
2007 67 67 #2,054
2006 60 60 #2,159
2005 58 58 #2,121
2004 65 65 #1,891
2003 68 68 #1,767
2002 65 65 #1,777
2001 59 59 #1,879
2000 83 83 #1,484
1999 75 75 #1,509
1998 66 66 #1,595
1997 58 58 #1,698
1996 54 54 #1,729
1995 63 63 #1,518
1994 71 71 #1,391
1993 67 67 #1,425
1992 58 58 #1,539
1991 50 50 #1,666
1990 62 62 #1,424
1989 65 65 #1,369
1988 65 65 #1,275
1987 67 67 #1,178
1986 63 63 #1,208
1985 55 55 #1,297
1984 75 75 #1,029
1983 76 76 #1,020
1982 76 76 #1,044
1981 74 74 #1,065
1980 82 82 #1,001
1979 58 58 #1,203
1978 69 69 #1,053
1977 61 61 #1,118
1976 64 64 #1,048
1975 77 77 #935
1974 74 74 #952
1973 70 70 #968
1972 56 56 #1,094
1971 68 68 #989
1970 66 66 #1,004
1969 76 76 #879
1968 53 53 #1,022
1967 61 61 #930
1966 52 52 #1,013
1965 66 66 #918
1964 69 69 #920
1963 42 42 #1,214
1962 65 65 #945
1961 56 56 #1,051
1960 68 68 #922
1959 55 55 #1,047
1958 44 44 #1,169
1957 42 42 #1,212
1956 53 53 #1,043
1955 35 35 #1,291
1954 45 45 #1,120
1953 39 39 #1,212
1952 40 40 #1,181
1951 23 23 #1,594
1950 33 33 #1,270
1949 30 30 #1,346
1948 23 23 #1,557
1947 24 24 #1,549
1946 19 19 #1,688
1945 14 14 #1,924
1944 15 15 #1,887
1943 14 14 #2,071
1942 13 13 #2,137
1941 8 8 #2,865
1940 23 23 #1,432
1938 7 7 #3,161
1937 6 6 #3,498
1936 9 9 #2,620
1935 8 8 #2,940
1934 8 8 #2,965
1933 5 5 #4,104
1932 5 5 #4,232
1931 6 6 #3,732
1930 5 5 #4,466
1926 6 6 #4,196