Boys' name · since 1990
Yidel
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 289 babies named Yidel, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,393 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yidel currently ranks #7393 among boys' names in America, with 289 babies recorded since 1990.
Yidel has 289 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7393 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #10,805 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,393 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 289 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yidel ranks #10,805 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,393 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 289 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,393 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yidel's 289 recorded births place it above 76.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yidel compares
289 45th 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
Yidel's all-time total is 22% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yidel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 289 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yidel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yidel's full recorded timeline at 2010, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yidel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Yidel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (116 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Yidel's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yidel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
116 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 116 births (40% of all-time use).
Yidel by state
Where Yidel concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 215 | 74.4% |
215 of 289 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yidel's data
- Yidel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yidels (215 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Yidel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Yidel 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.