Yael**
#1,197 most common boys' name of all time · #2,860 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1954–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,197
Rank overall
#2,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
9,708
Since 2016
3,730
Peak year
2023 #776
Best rank
#776 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 472/yr
Yael first appears in 1954. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | 304 | 431 | #817 |
| 2024 | 132 | 320 | 452 | #787 |
| 2023 | 143 | 329 | 472 | #776 |
| 2022 | 166 | 225 | 391 | #993 |
| 2021 | 137 | 211 | 348 | #1,033 |
| 2020 | 137 | 206 | 343 | #1,011 |
| 2019 | 116 | 222 | 338 | #964 |
| 2018 | 106 | 225 | 331 | #934 |
| 2017 | 119 | 197 | 316 | #1,024 |
| 2016 | 126 | 182 | 308 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 108 | 178 | 286 | #1,093 |
| 2014 | 111 | 235 | 346 | #913 |
| 2013 | 101 | 243 | 344 | #871 |
| 2012 | 108 | 238 | 346 | #881 |
| 2011 | 107 | 179 | 286 | #1,055 |
| 2010 | 115 | 219 | 334 | #923 |
| 2009 | 107 | 223 | 330 | #928 |
| 2008 | 94 | 226 | 320 | #912 |
| 2007 | 86 | 212 | 298 | #939 |
| 2006 | 89 | 180 | 269 | #1,022 |
| 2005 | 75 | 159 | 234 | #1,046 |
| 2004 | 92 | 139 | 231 | #1,137 |
| 2003 | 80 | 111 | 191 | #1,279 |
| 2002 | 85 | 64 | 149 | #1,802 |
| 2001 | 89 | 32 | 121 | #2,889 |
| 2000 | 87 | 28 | 115 | #3,096 |
| 1999 | 69 | 28 | 97 | #2,980 |
| 1998 | 67 | 25 | 92 | #3,128 |
| 1997 | 62 | 15 | 77 | #4,315 |
| 1996 | 71 | 13 | 84 | #4,689 |
| 1995 | 48 | — | 48 | — |
| 1994 | 45 | 11 | 56 | #5,215 |
| 1993 | 58 | — | 58 | — |
| 1992 | 62 | — | 62 | — |
| 1991 | 67 | — | 67 | — |
| 1990 | 56 | 7 | 63 | #6,649 |
| 1989 | 52 | 7 | 59 | #6,484 |
| 1988 | 57 | — | 57 | — |
| 1987 | 52 | 9 | 61 | #4,745 |
| 1986 | 61 | — | 61 | — |
| 1985 | 41 | — | 41 | — |
| 1984 | 57 | 5 | 62 | #6,665 |
| 1983 | 56 | — | 56 | — |
| 1982 | 57 | — | 57 | — |
| 1981 | 44 | — | 44 | — |
| 1980 | 45 | — | 45 | — |
| 1979 | 38 | — | 38 | — |
| 1978 | 51 | — | 51 | — |
| 1977 | 55 | — | 55 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | — | 42 | — |
| 1975 | 34 | — | 34 | — |
| 1974 | 33 | — | 33 | — |
| 1973 | 27 | — | 27 | — |
| 1972 | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| 1971 | 27 | — | 27 | — |
| 1970 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1969 | 29 | — | 29 | — |
| 1968 | 41 | — | 41 | — |
| 1967 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1962 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | — |