Unisex name · since 2014
Yule
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 5 babies named Yule, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,308 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yule is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 5 have been recorded since 2014.
Yule has 5 recorded births among boys since 2014, 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 2014 to 2014.
- #45,308 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yule ranks #45,308 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #45,308 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yule's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yule popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Yule popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2021 (Yule as girls' name)
Yule by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Yule's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Yule births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yule: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~0 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, 2014–2014 (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 Yule 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.