Masculine dossier · first seen 1959
Yechiel
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2025
Peak births
82
Current vitality
Rare
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Yechiel
How many people are named Yechiel?
An estimated 1,931 living Americans are named Yechiel.
How rare is Yechiel?
Yechiel is uncommon among babies today, with 82 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Yechiel?
The median age of a living American named Yechiel is approximately 15 years, with most bearers falling between 8 and 26 years old.
Is Yechiel still popular?
Yes — Yechiel is currently rising in popularity, with 82 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.1× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Yechiel most common?
Yechiel has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 12.4× more often than the national baseline.
1959Peak 20252025
Peak year
2025
Decline from peak
0%
2025
82
All-time
1,971
Where it lives now
Yechiel is most concentrated in New York — about 12.0× the national rate in the 2020s.
States where Yechiel is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.