Yissel — #9741 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yissel

The Social Security Administration has registered 375 babies named Yissel between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yissel currently holds the #9741 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yissel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yissel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yissel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yissel 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 375 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.