girls:
4.2k births since 1954
#2636 (54th percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1984
#1791 (61st percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1954
#2876 (63rd percentile)
The name Yael is the #2,876 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,822 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 62.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,791 (60.9% percentile) for all time with 4,582 births since 1984. For girls, it ranks #2,636 (53.9% percentile) for all time with 4,240 births since 1954.
Yael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1984 for boys). Birth data for Yael is available in 67 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (67 years for girls and 33 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Yael is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 69.8% of babies named Yael were boys. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for girls (80.9% girls from 1954 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (65.5% boys from 2005 to 2023).
For boys, Yael reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 33.6% percentile (ranked #605) with 179 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 179 births per million (ranked 33.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yael is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #605 (33.6% percentile) with 179 births per million.
For girls, Yael reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.8% percentile (ranked #797) with 93 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 93 births per million (ranked 16.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Yael ranks #810 for girls (14.5% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 87.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yael".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Yael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Yael is pronounced as yuh-EHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yal, at 24.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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