Yishai — #6017 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yishai

The Social Security Administration has registered 413 babies named Yishai between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yishai currently holds the #6017 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yishai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yishai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yishai in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yishai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 413 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.