Yahel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yah-HEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Yahel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will shine”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Yahel mean?
Hebrew: modern Israeli name
“he will shine”
Is Yahel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yahel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yahel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Yahel, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Yahel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yahel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 40 | #2,950 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 81 | #1,813 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Yahel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Zahir Hamza Yahir Zayd Salem Ibrahim Muhammad Zayan Abdiel Nazir
Names related to Yahel
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yahel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yahel, updated 20 October 2026.