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Girl's name · #1642 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
34% girls · 66% boys — About 66% of babies named Yael in recent years have been boys. Yael →
Yael is near its high-water mark: it reached #1386 in 2022 and still ranked #1642 in 2025. About 4,500 girls have carried it since 1954.
In recent years, Yael ran 3–5× its national rate in New York and New Jersey.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
See how Yael ranks in other countries and regions.
#214 in Switzerland (2025) · #626 in Netherlands (2025) · #856 in Austria (2025) · #1,268 in France (2025) · #1,490 in Belgium (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,841 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,887 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,455 in Canada (2024).
Among 285 notable people named Yael:
Entertainers appear 1.99× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yael Naim, Israeli singer.
Similar names: Nechama · Iyanna · Mazikeen · Jael · Rochel · Chava
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