# Yael (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yael/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Yaël, Jael, Jaël |
| US babies named this | 9,708 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,207 / 4,501 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 318, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rendering of the modern Israeli Hebrew יעל.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 107 | 1,885 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1,873 |
| 2013 | 101 | 1,966 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1,837 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,893 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,703 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,767 |
| 2018 | 106 | 1,898 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1,771 |
| 2020 | 137 | 1,551 |
| 2021 | 137 | 1,543 |
| 2022 | 166 | 1,386 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1,512 |
| 2024 | 132 | 1,597 |
| 2025 | 127 | 1,642 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 179 | 1,055 |
| 2012 | 238 | 883 |
| 2013 | 243 | 871 |
| 2014 | 235 | 914 |
| 2015 | 178 | 1,095 |
| 2016 | 182 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 197 | 1,024 |
| 2018 | 225 | 935 |
| 2019 | 222 | 967 |
| 2020 | 206 | 1,012 |
| 2021 | 211 | 1,033 |
| 2022 | 225 | 994 |
| 2023 | 329 | 776 |
| 2024 | 320 | 789 |
| 2025 | 304 | 818 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |

## People named Yael

- Yaël Braun-Pivet, French politician (born 1970)
- Yael Stone, Australian actress
- Yael Grobglas, French-Israeli actress
- Yael Falcón, Argentine association football referee
- Yael Averbuch West, American soccer player and executive
- Yaël Nazé, Belgian astrophysicist
- Yael Castiglione, Argentinian volleyball player
- Yael Cohen Braun, Canadian activist (born 1986)
- Jenifer, French singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.