Girls' name · since 1982
Yissel
381 babies named Yissel in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,637 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
381 babies have been named Yissel since 1982, making it today's #13637 girls' name.
Yissel has 381 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13637 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #13,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,637 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 381 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yissel ranks #13,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,637 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 381 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,637 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 381
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yissel's 381 recorded births place it above 80.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yissel compares
381 Top 50% higher than 50% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Yissel's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yissel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 381 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yissel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yissel's full recorded timeline at 2005, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yissel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Yissel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (149 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Yissel's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yissel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
149 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 149 births (39% of all-time use).
Yissel by state
Where Yissel concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 3.4% |
53 of 381 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yissel's data
- Yissel's decade-level peak was the 2000s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yissels (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Yissel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Yissel 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.