boy's name

Biel

  • Origin Catalan
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 125

Biel is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Biel is a name of Catalan origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2012.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Biel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Biel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2010s 11
2020s (to 2025) 74

How popular is Biel?

In 2025, Biel was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Biel is used

Canada #3,514 5 in 2018
United States #5,594 17 in 2025
England & Wales #5,914 3 in 2020
France #6,644 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Biel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Biel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Biel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Biel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Biel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Biel

How popular is the name Biel?

In 2025, Biel was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Biel a girl's or a boy's name?

Biel is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Biel?

Biel has 1 syllable.

When was Biel most popular?

Biel peaked in 2024, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Biel a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Biel currently ranks #5,594 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.