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Yechiel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 82 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,904 in 2014.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,904 in 2014; #1,917 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Yechiel in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,917 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2014, at #1,904.
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Yechiel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 82 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,904 in 2014 · most boys in one year: 82 (2025).
In 2025, 82 US boys were named Yechiel, making it the 1,917th most common boys’ name of the year, up 39 places from #1,956 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 81 boys named Yechiel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,904, reached in 2014. The most boys given the name in a single year was 82, in 2025. For comparison, it was #2,109 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Yechiel in 58 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1959 with 5 babies. In all, 1,971 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 619 babies named Yechiel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 657 US boys were named Yechiel; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,830 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Yechiel ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #329 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 55 | #329 | #386 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 82 | #1,917 |
| 2024 | — | — | 81 | #1,956 |
| 2023 | — | — | 72 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | — | — | 70 | #2,133 |
| 2021 | — | — | 58 | #2,369 |
| 2020 | — | — | 53 | #2,464 |
| 2019 | — | — | 70 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | — | — | 51 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | — | — | 58 | #2,293 |
| 2016 | — | — | 62 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | — | — | 67 | #2,109 |
| 2014 | — | — | 77 | #1,904 |
| 2013 | — | — | 61 | #2,180 |
| 2012 | — | — | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | — | — | 58 | #2,259 |
| 2010 | — | — | 57 | #2,285 |
| 2009 | — | — | 46 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | — | — | 52 | #2,461 |
| 2007 | — | — | 59 | #2,256 |
| 2006 | — | — | 50 | #2,474 |
| 2005 | — | — | 36 | #2,955 |
| 2004 | — | — | 43 | #2,568 |
| 2003 | — | — | 39 | #2,618 |
| 2002 | — | — | 41 | #2,469 |
| 2001 | — | — | 33 | #2,863 |
| 2000 | — | — | 34 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | — | — | 26 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,849 |
| 1997 | — | — | 20 | #3,598 |
| 1996 | — | — | 31 | #2,534 |
| 1995 | — | — | 24 | #3,019 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,466 |
| 1993 | — | — | 27 | #2,695 |
| 1992 | — | — | 14 | #4,321 |
| 1991 | — | — | 18 | #3,453 |
| 1990 | — | — | 24 | #2,778 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,987 |
| 1988 | — | — | 13 | #3,912 |
| 1987 | — | — | 14 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,826 |
| 1984 | — | — | 18 | #2,704 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,627 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,102 |
| 1981 | — | — | 14 | #3,215 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,095 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,397 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,796 |
| 1977 | — | — | 7 | #5,116 |
| 1976 | — | — | 8 | #4,408 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,073 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,831 |
| 1973 | — | — | 11 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #3,149 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #4,368 |
| 1968 | — | — | 8 | #3,360 |
| 1967 | — | — | 5 | #4,545 |
| 1959 | — | — | 5 | #4,566 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).