Is Yahel a boy or girl name?

Yahel is a boy’s name. Of the 803 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys.

Yahel

Recorded 2001–2025 · United States

Yahel was most popular in 2008, when 87 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,939 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 803 people named Yahel.

Yahel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yahel’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yahel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yahel is a boy’s name — 2.6% of the 803 Americans given it were girls and 97.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yahel

Where Yahel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org