How Many People Are Named Yitzel?
An estimated 184 people in the United States have the first name Yitzel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Yitzel peaked in popularity in 2011 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yitzel 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 Yitzel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
184
About 1 in 1,862,795 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2011
17 births
Total Registered
186
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yitzel
Yitzel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 186 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yitzel as a female name
Ranked #17,913 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 2011 (17 births)
Yitzel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yitzel span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 93 babies were registered. Yitzel remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Yitzel by Decade
How has Yitzel 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.
Yitzel by State
Yitzel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yitzel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yitzel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yitzel?
We estimate approximately 184 people named Yitzel 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 1,862,795 Americans share this first name.
Is Yitzel a common name?
Yitzel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 186 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yitzel most popular?
Yitzel reached peak popularity in 2011, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yitzel is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yitzel a female name?
Yitzel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yitzel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yitzel Smith, Yitzel Johnson, Yitzel 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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