Boys' name · since 1993
Yotam
Yotam has 152 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 152
- total births
- 1993–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Yotam sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 152 recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Yotam recorded 152 times among boys since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- 152 total births
- 1993–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
152 boys have been named Yotam since 1993, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 152
- total births
- 1993–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Yotam was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Yotam in 2002 - its busiest year on record.
Yotam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yotam's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yotam at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yotam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
152 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Yotam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Yotam's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yotam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 59 births (39% of all-time use).
Yotam decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Yotam's data
- Yotam's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (59 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1993–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yotam: Baby Name Since 1993 - 152 Births, Peak 2002." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yotam. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yotam 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 June 2026.
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