Yale — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yale

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,416 babies named Yale between 1908 and 2022, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yale performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Yale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yale in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yale 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 1,416 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.