Boys' name · since 2005
Yoniel
137 babies named Yoniel in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yoniel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 137 recorded since 2005.
Yoniel has 137 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #15,391 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 137 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoniel ranks #15,391 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yoniel's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yoniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yoniel splits its recorded history at 2014: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yoniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Yoniel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Yoniel's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Yoniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Yoniel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yoniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2005–2024 (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 Yoniel 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.