How Many People Are Named Yale?
An estimated 807 people in the United States have the first name Yale. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Yale peaked in popularity in 1929 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yale as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yale paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
807
About 1 in 424,727 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1929
29 births
Total Registered
1,416
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yale
Yale is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,416 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Yale as a male name
Ranked #14,240 in 2022
5 male births in 2022
Peak: 1929 (29 births)
Yale: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yale span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 217 babies were registered. Yale has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Yale by Decade
How has Yale tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yale by State
Yale + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yale as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Yale
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yale: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yale?
We estimate approximately 807 people named Yale are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 424,727 Americans share this first name.
Is Yale a common name?
Yale is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,416 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yale most popular?
Yale reached peak popularity in 1929, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yale is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yale a male name?
Yale is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yale Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yale Smith, Yale Johnson, Yale Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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