Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yechiel

#3,166 most common boys' name of all time · #7,681 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#3,166
Rank overall
#7,681 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,971
Since 2016
657
Peak year
2025 #1,911
Best rank
#1,893 2014
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
1960198020002020

Yechiel first appears in 1959. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 82 82 #1,911
2024 — 81 81 #1,948
2023 — 72 72 #2,070
2022 — 70 70 #2,123
2021 — 58 58 #2,359
2020 — 53 53 #2,448
2019 — 70 70 #2,070
2018 — 51 51 #2,520
2017 — 58 58 #2,280
2016 — 62 62 #2,194
2015 — 67 67 #2,092
2014 — 77 77 #1,893
2013 — 61 61 #2,174
2012 — 58 58 #2,248
2011 — 58 58 #2,243
2010 — 57 57 #2,276
2009 — 46 46 #2,677
2008 — 52 52 #2,444
2007 — 59 59 #2,239
2006 — 50 50 #2,461
2005 — 36 36 #2,922
2004 — 43 43 #2,540
2003 — 39 39 #2,593
2002 — 41 41 #2,445
2001 — 33 33 #2,834
2000 — 34 34 #2,693
1999 — 26 26 #3,132
1998 — 29 29 #2,812
1997 — 20 20 #3,517
1996 — 31 31 #2,504
1995 — 24 24 #2,971
1994 — 20 20 #3,390
1993 — 27 27 #2,666
1992 — 14 14 #4,208
1991 — 18 18 #3,398
1990 — 24 24 #2,740
1989 — 21 21 #2,948
1988 — 13 13 #3,812
1987 — 14 14 #3,440
1986 — 21 21 #2,568
1985 — 18 18 #2,783
1984 — 18 18 #2,663
1983 — 12 12 #3,538
1982 — 15 15 #3,043
1981 — 14 14 #3,145
1980 — 15 15 #3,044
1979 — 9 9 #4,252
1978 — 16 16 #2,755
1977 — 7 7 #4,860
1976 — 8 8 #4,246
1975 — 13 13 #3,018
1974 — 9 9 #3,736
1973 — 11 11 #3,165
1972 — 11 11 #3,116
1971 — 7 7 #4,248
1968 — 8 8 #3,328
1967 — 5 5 #4,414
1959 — 5 5 #4,571