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Baby name
Yael
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46% girls / 54% boys
Origin of the name
Yael is a Hebrew name, “ibex.” In the Bible, Jael is a heroine who saved Israel by killing the general Sisera.
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Where babies named Yael are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Yael is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Yael is most common in Arizona (2.7 times), California (2.1) and Texas (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Yael are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Yael is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Yael is most common in New York (7 times), New Jersey (3.2) and Florida (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 100% | 0% |
| 1960s | 100% | 0% |
| 1970s | 100% | 0% |
| 1980s | 96% | 4% |
| 1990s | 86% | 14% |
| 2000s | 39% | 61% |
| 2010s | 35% | 65% |
| 2020s | 35% | 65% |