Yale
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1908
6 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
1,416
since 1908
Born a Yale? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Yale was most popular in 1908, when 6 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.04 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Yale in 2025. Not recorded since 2022.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 7 | 9696 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 9 | 8158 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 8 | 8985 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 9 | 7640 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 7 | 8927 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 5 | 10894 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 6 | 9392 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 11 | 5920 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 6 | 8704 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 7 | 7560 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 13 | 4613 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 14 | 4280 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 22 | 3042 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 13 | 4327 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 17 | 3462 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 11 | 4673 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 17 | 3325 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 11 | 3959 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 8 | 4552 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 17 | 2676 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 16 | 2831 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 9 | 4134 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 12 | 3357 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 12 | 3095 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 11 | 2991 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 18 | 2125 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 20 | 1861 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 14 | 2200 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 17 | 1906 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 18 | 1814 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 12 | 2366 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 15 | 2114 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 15 | 2115 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 22 | 1713 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 15 | 2148 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 16 | 2042 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 11 | 2530 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 9 | 2818 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 11 | 2497 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 12 | 2287 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 19 | 1749 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 23 | 1553 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 11 | 2321 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 10 | 2453 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 18 | 1758 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 9 | 2671 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 16 | 1697 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 10 | 2309 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 17 | 1764 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 20 | 1585 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 16 | 1759 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 15 | 1802 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 17 | 1636 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 11 | 2185 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 9 | 2479 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 16 | 1723 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 15 | 1837 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 10 | 2368 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 15 | 1922 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 15 | 1927 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 20 | 1644 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 29 | 1312 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 22 | 1611 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 23 | 1603 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 19 | 1787 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 15 | 2089 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 15 | 2132 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 26 | 1460 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 22 | 1644 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 27 | 1448 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 19 | 1820 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 13 | 2265 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 18 | 1827 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 23 | 1479 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 28 | 1265 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 16 | 1782 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 20 | 1342 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 15 | 1365 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 6 | 1217 |
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