Boys' name · since 2010
Yahweh
Yahweh has 126 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yahweh currently ranks #5178 among boys' names in America, with 126 babies recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yahweh has been recorded 126 times among boys since 2010, currently ranked #5178 nationally and more common than 63% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #15,935 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,178 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 126 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yahweh ranks #15,935 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,178 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 126 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,935 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,178 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yahweh's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yahweh compares
126 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yahweh's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yahweh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 126 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yahweh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yahweh's full recorded timeline at 2019, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yahweh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Yahweh by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Yahweh's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Yahweh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yahweh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2010–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yahweh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.