Yale
Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,416since 1908
Yale over time
Rank among boys' names. Yale has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,697 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,820 | 19 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Yale! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1908 at #1,217 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,723 boys born in 1908 were named Yale (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 15.3% of all boys named Yale (217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,265 (1916) | #1,618 |
| 1920s | 217 | #1,312 (1929) | #1,691 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,636 (1939) | #2,011 |
| 1940s | 140 | #1,585 (1942) | #2,033 |
| 1950s | 129 | #1,553 (1951) | #2,316 |
| 1960s | 164 | #1,713 (1962) | #2,028 |
| 1970s | 99 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,782 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,676 (1983) | #4,028 |
| 1990s | 120 | #3,042 (1993) | #5,372 |
| 2000s | 77 | #5,920 (2000) | #8,919 |
| 2010s | 57 | #7,491 (2015) | #9,792 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,468 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Yale in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
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2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 135,405 of them was named Yale, which outranked 54.2% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,044Ysidro16
- #2,044Yvonne16
- #2,044Zackery16
- #2,115Yale15
- #2,115Albin15
- #2,115Aram15
- #2,115Arland15
- #2,200Aden14
- #2,200Alen14
- #2,200Americo14
Tied with 84 names at #2,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.