Yul — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yul

The Social Security Administration has registered 669 babies named Yul between 1957 and 2023, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yul performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 219 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Yul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Yul in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yul 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 669 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.