boys:
396 births since 1990
#4190 (9th percentile)
overall:
396 births since 1990
#7343 (5th percentile)
The name Yishai is the #7,343 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 396 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,190 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 396 births since 1990.
Yishai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for boys in 1990). Birth data for Yishai is available in 29 out of the 34 years between 1990 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, Yishai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #892) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yishai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #892 (2.1% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yishai".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Yishai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.0% confident that Yishai is pronounced as YIH-shai, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YEE-shai, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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