Recorded 1998–2019 Girls' name Peak 2011 186 births

Yitzel — girls' name

186 babies named Yitzel in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s932010s88
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Yitzel was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

17 babies were named Yitzel in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yitzel

The Social Security Administration has registered 186 babies named Yitzel between 1998 and 2019, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yitzel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yitzel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yitzel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yitzel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yitzel 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 186 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.

Yitzel at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

186

Since 1998

22 years of records

Peak year

2011

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1998

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2019

Yitzel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1998

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2011)
17
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
05101520 20192016201320102007200420001998 5

Yitzel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
93 births that decade — 50% of Yitzel's all-time total
1990s52000s932010s88

Yitzel by state

Where Yitzel concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yitzel
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
12 6.5%
Texas share of Yitzel's total US births 6.5%

12 of 186 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yitzel?
186 babies have been named Yitzel since 1998. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2011 with 17 births.
When was Yitzel most popular?
Yitzel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 93 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Yitzel most popular?
The top states for the name Yitzel are Texas (12 births).
How long has the name Yitzel been used?
Yitzel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 22 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Yitzel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yitty, Yitta, Yittel, Yita, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.