Yoav — #12611 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yoav

The Social Security Administration has registered 403 babies named Yoav between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoav currently holds the #12611 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoav performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yoav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoav in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoav 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 403 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.