Yael

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)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yael".

1954 2023 19542023

Key Statistics

Total Births
4,240
Peak Births
166
Peak Year
2022
First Recorded
1954
Peak Percentile
16.8%
Current Percentile
14.5%
Peak Rank
#710
Current Rank
#810
Female statistics
Total Births
4,582
Peak Births
328
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1984
Peak Percentile
33.6%
Current Percentile
33.6%
Peak Rank
#605
Current Rank
#605
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Yael

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Yael. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 33.3% confident that Yael is pronounced as yuh-EHL. The next most likely pronunciation is yal, at 24.2% confidence.

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33.3%
1
24.2%
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18.2%
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18.2%
1
6.1%
yuh-EHL (2 syllables)
33.3% confidence
Y AH0 EH1 L
yal (1 syllable)
24.2% confidence
Y AE1 L
YAH-ehl (2 syllables)
18.2% confidence
Y AA1 EH0 L
YAH-EHL (2 syllables)
18.2% confidence
Y AA1 EH1 L
yahl (1 syllable)
6.1% confidence
Y AA1 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Yael. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Yael, please vote using the thumbs up button.

yohl (1 syllable)
2 names 4.1k births
Y OW1 L

Names with this pronunciation:

yoh-EHL (2 syllables)
2 names 4k births
Y OW0 EH1 L

Names with this pronunciation:

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like Y AH0 EH1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.