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Yael

Rank in 2024
#789
Born in 2024
317
Peak year
2023 · #776
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:131 in 2024 (#1,592)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 317 boys were named Yael, about 1 in every 5,411.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 328 babies, ranked #776.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1984.
  • 4,899 boys have been named Yael since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Yael per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 52 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,078 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,769 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Rendering of the modern Israeli Hebrew יעל.

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Yael, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Yoel

    Rank
    #1,497
    Born '24
    119
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20192024
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    Hal

    Rank
    #3,488
    Born '24
    33
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19562024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Al

    Rank
    #9,832
    Born '24
    8
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19592024