Boys' name · since 2013

Yetzael

Yetzael has 208 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#12,732 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#3,310 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
208
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade

Yetzael currently ranks #3310 among boys' names in America, with 208 babies recorded since 2013.

Yetzael has 208 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3310 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.

  • #12,732 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #3,310 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 208 born since 2013
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yetzael ranks #12,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,310 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 208 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.

#12,732 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#3,310 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
208
born since 2013
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%76.2%
Yetzael vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yetzael's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Yetzael compares

208 39th 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

Yetzael's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yetzael Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 208 369 358,536
Peak-year births 36 34 22,252

Yetzael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Yetzael splits its recorded history at 2020: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Yetzael popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
36
Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
010203040 201320142015201620182019202020212022202320242025 36

Yetzael by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (145 births, 70% of the file).

2020s was Yetzael's strongest decade.

145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.

Yetzael births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 145 births (70% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Yetzael by state

Where Yetzael concentrates geographically, total births since 2013

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Yetzael
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
20 9.6%
#2 Pennsylvania
6 2.9%
#3 California
5 2.4%
Texas share of Yetzael's total US births 9.6%
Even split

20 of 208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yetzael?
208 babies have been named Yetzael since 2013. All-time, it sits at #12,732 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #3,310 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 36 births.
Where does Yetzael sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yetzael ranks #12,732 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,310 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yetzael most popular?
Yetzael was most popular in the 2020s decade with 145 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Yetzael most popular?
The top states for the name Yetzael are Texas (20 births), Pennsylvania (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Yetzael been used?
The SSA has tracked Yetzael since 2013 -- 13 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Yetzael?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yetzel, Yetziel. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Yetzael's data

  • Texas records the most Yetzaels (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yetzael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2013–2025 (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 Yetzael 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.