boys:
1.8k births since 1959
#2933 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1959
#5947 (23rd percentile)
The name Yechiel is the #5,947 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,807 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 23.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,933 (36.0% percentile) for all time with 1,807 births since 1959.
Yechiel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for boys in 1959). Birth data for Yechiel is available in 56 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Yechiel reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #832) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yechiel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #845 (7.3% percentile) with 39 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yechiel".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Yechiel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.3% confident that Yechiel is pronounced as yeh-KEE-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yeh-KEE-uhl, at 21.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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