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Boy's name · #818 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
66% boys · 34% girls — Yael is also given to girls: 127 in 2025, about 34% in recent years. Yael →
Yael is near its high-water mark: it reached #776 in 2023 and still ranked #818 in 2025. About 5,200 boys have carried it since 1984.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#161 in Ecuador (2025) · #222 in Mexico (2024) · #240 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #563 in France (2025) · #1,066 in Belgium (2025) · #1,531 in Switzerland (2025).
Among 285 notable people named Yael:
Entertainers appear 1.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yael Yuzon, Filipino musician (born 1983).
Similar names: Jesiah · Yair · Joziah · Jael · Azael · Misael
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