Yomtov — boys' name
9 babies named Yomtov in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Yomtov was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Yomtov in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yomtov
The Social Security Administration has registered 9 babies named Yomtov between 2008 and 2008, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yomtov currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yomtov performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yomtov in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yomtov 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 9 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.
Yomtov at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yomtov popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
9 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 9 births in a single year.
Yomtov by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 9 births that decade — 100% of Yomtov's all-time total
Yomtov decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yomtov's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Yomtov by state
Where Yomtov concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8 | 88.9% |
8 of 9 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 88.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 88.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2008–2008 (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.