Yale peaked in the US in 1908 at #1,217, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Yale as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2023
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#2,921 (5)
2022
#12,330 (5)
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2020
#10,605 (6)
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2018
#9,670 (7)
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2017
#9,696 (7)
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2016
#12,185 (5)
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2015
#7,491 (10)
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2014
#10,717 (6)
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2013
#9,655 (7)
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2012
#8,158 (9)
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2010
#10,766 (6)
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2009
#8,985 (8)
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2008
#9,871 (7)
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2007
#6,262 (13)
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2006
#12,055 (5)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1908 at #1,217.
First recorded in the US in 1908.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.