How Many People Are Named Roel?
An estimated 4,224 people in the United States have the first name Roel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 38 years old, and Roel peaked in popularity in 2000 with 83 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Roel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Roel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,224
About 1 in 81,144 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
38
years old
Peak Year
2000
83 births
Total Registered
4,658
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Roel
Roel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 4,658 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Roel as a male name
Ranked #2,250 in 2024
64 male births in 2024
Peak: 2000 (83 births)
Roel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Roel span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 698 babies were registered. While Roel is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Roel by Decade
How has Roel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Roel by State
Birth registrations for Roel span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Illinois. The lowest are in Washington, Illinois, California. On average, about 956 Roels were registered per state.
Roel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Roel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Roel
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Roel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Roel?
We estimate approximately 4,224 people named Roel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 81,144 Americans share this first name.
Is Roel a common name?
Roel is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,658 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Roel most popular?
Roel reached peak popularity in 2000, when 83 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Roel is approximately 38 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Roel a male name?
Roel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Roel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Roel Smith, Roel Johnson, Roel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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