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
Yetzael's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2025)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #3310 among boys.
208 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 36 births in a single year.
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
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
145 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 145 births (70% of all-time use).
Yetzael decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Yetzael by state
Where Yetzael concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
20 of 208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.9% of nationwide
- California 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- 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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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.
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