Yishai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yishai: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,318 in 2009, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2318highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#2318
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2016	#4810
2018	#3959
2019	#3411
2020	#2960
2021	#3451
2023	#4991
2024	#3688

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2318 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yishai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Yishai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	20	5 of 10	4
2010s	29	8 of 10	4
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Yishai 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2318 in England and Wales in 2009.

Yishai'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	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,318, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 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.

Farai · #2318, 17y
Asil · #2319, 13y
Karlos · #2319, 19y
Levi-James · #2319, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Farai · #2318, 17y
Asil · #2319, 13y
Daris · #2319, 11y
Levi-James · #2319, 15y

Yishai 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 Yishai without appearing here.

Yishai moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Yishai

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #3112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2318 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yishai

Yishai at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yishai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yishai and the names beside it

Yishai moved ahead of

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Yishai at a glance

Yishai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yishai appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yishai and the names beside it

Yishai moved ahead of

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