Is Yale a boy or girl name?

Yale is a boy’s name. Of the 1,416 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Yale

Recorded 1908–2022 · United States

Yale was most popular in 1929, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,565 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,416 people named Yale.

Yale over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yale’s peak in 1929. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yale a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yale is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,416 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 Yale

Where Yale is most concentrated

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

New York 11.4×

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