Yael
Rank in 2025
#1631
recorded as girls
#817
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
431
girls 127 · boys 304
Peak year
2023
329 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
9,708
since 1954
Born a Yael? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Yael was most popular in 2023, when 329 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.19 per 1,000). In 2025, 304 babies were named Yael, ranking #817 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 51%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | 1631 | 304 | 817 |
| 2024 | 132 | 1591 | 320 | 785 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1506 | 329 | 775 |
| 2022 | 166 | 1381 | 225 | 993 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1532 | 211 | 1032 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1545 | 206 | 1011 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1763 | 222 | 961 |
| 2018 | 106 | 1890 | 225 | 933 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1761 | 197 | 1023 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1693 | 182 | 1080 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1883 | 178 | 1092 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1830 | 235 | 913 |
| 2013 | 101 | 1953 | 243 | 871 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1859 | 238 | 880 |
| 2011 | 107 | 1874 | 179 | 1054 |
| 2010 | 115 | 1783 | 219 | 920 |
| 2009 | 107 | 1947 | 223 | 926 |
| 2008 | 94 | 2137 | 226 | 912 |
| 2007 | 86 | 2257 | 212 | 934 |
| 2006 | 89 | 2165 | 180 | 1021 |
| 2005 | 75 | 2359 | 159 | 1046 |
| 2004 | 92 | 1999 | 139 | 1132 |
| 2003 | 80 | 2167 | 111 | 1277 |
| 2002 | 85 | 2028 | 64 | 1792 |
| 2001 | 89 | 1941 | 32 | 2864 |
| 2000 | 87 | 1938 | 28 | 3075 |
| 1999 | 69 | 2182 | 28 | 2939 |
| 1998 | 67 | 2146 | 25 | 3092 |
| 1997 | 62 | 2200 | 15 | 4246 |
| 1996 | 71 | 1980 | 13 | 4613 |
| 1995 | 48 | 2588 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 45 | 2701 | 11 | 5109 |
| 1993 | 58 | 2241 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 62 | 2156 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 67 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 56 | 2258 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 52 | 2278 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 57 | 2051 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 52 | 2098 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 61 | 1838 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 41 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 57 | 1866 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 56 | 1858 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 57 | 1873 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 44 | 2265 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 45 | 2218 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 38 | 2430 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 51 | 1915 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 55 | 1832 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | 2060 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 34 | 2357 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 33 | 2348 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 27 | 2629 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 30 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 27 | 2665 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 22 | 3030 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 29 | 2396 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 20 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | 4866 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | 4202 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | 4096 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | 4272 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | 4882 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | 4625 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | 5753 | <5 | — |
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- California1.7×
- Maryland1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 46% · boys 54% across all years