Yael

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yael: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yael: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,715 in 2004, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1715highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#1970
2000	#1831
2001	#2226
2002	#1784
2003	#2191
2004	#1715
2005	#2438
2006	#1748
2007	#1965
2008	#2150
2009	#2326
2010	#4688
2011	#2150
2012	#3681
2013	#2313
2014	#2058
2015	#1783
2016	#2120
2017	#2090
2018	#2340
2019	#1782
2020	#2300
2021	#1866
2022	#1849
2023	#2346
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1715 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yael in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	100	10 of 10	10
2010s	115	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yael appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1715 in England and Wales in 2004.

Yael's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,715, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sayeda · #1715, 27y
Yaw · #1716, 26y
Vita · #1718, 28y
Clemency · #1720, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Labiba · #1715, 20y
Sayeda · #1715, 27y
Yaw · #1716, 26y
Vita · #1718, 28y

Yael and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yael without appearing here.

Yael moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2150 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #5691.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2313 and #5742.

Moved ahead of Yael

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1782 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1436.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1849 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #1705.

Moved the opposite way to Yael

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Yael went from #3126 to #1866 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Yael went from #3126 to #1866 while Tyler went from #230 to #5581.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yael went from #1715 to #2411 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Yael went from #3126 to #1783 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.

Moved the same way as Yael

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Yael went from #4688 to #2411 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1715 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Yael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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