Yahel — #3495 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yahel

The Social Security Administration has registered 757 babies named Yahel between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yahel currently holds the #3495 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yahel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yahel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 145 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Yahel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yahel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 757 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.