Boys' name · since 2016
Yankel
16 babies named Yankel in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,291 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
16 babies have been named Yankel since 2016, making it today's #13291 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yankel has been recorded 16 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #13291 nationally and more common than 5% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #31,127 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,291 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yankel ranks #31,127 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,291 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,291 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yankel's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yankel compares
16 6th 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
Yankel's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yankel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yankel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yankel's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yankel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Yankel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Yankel's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Yankel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yankel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Yankel 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.