How Many People Are Named Yael?
people named Yael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,703 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,708 babies named Yael in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
472 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hebrew form of JAEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Yael, 46.1% were girls and 53.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Yael fell from 100% in the 1960s to 34.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yael alive today is about 16 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yael first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2023, to 472 babies. In 2025, 431 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Yael has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #776, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #818. Among girls, its best rank was #1,386, in 2022.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #818 | #1,642 |
| Best rank | #776 (2023) | #1,386 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #980 in the 2010s | #1,858 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yael were born in California than in any other state: about 1,748 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yael was given 4 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.9 times in California.
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