Boys' name · since 1990
Yishai
445 babies named Yishai in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,551 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
445 babies have been named Yishai since 1990, making it today's #3551 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yishai has been recorded 445 times among boys since 1990, currently ranked #3551 nationally and more common than 75% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #8,460 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,551 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yishai ranks #8,460 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,551 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 445 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,460 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,551 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yishai's 445 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yishai compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Yishai's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yishai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yishai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yishai's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yishai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Yishai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (144 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Yishai's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Yishai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s
2010s
144 births
- 2020s
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 144 births (32% of all-time use).
Yishai by state
Where Yishai concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 177 | 39.8% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 2.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 7 | 1.6% |
177 of 445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yishai's data
- Yishai's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (144 total births) through the 2020s (138) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Yishais (177 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 Yishai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Yishai 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.