Yale
Boy · YAYL · Welsh
Yale is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “fertile upland”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yale mean?
Welsh: from the Welsh district name Ial
“fertile upland”
From the Welsh district name Ial; Yale University is named after Elihu Yale, whose family came from there.
- Say it
- YAYL
Is Yale a girl's or a boy's name?
Yale is a boys' name.
How popular is Yale in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1929, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Yale in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yale in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #2,286 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,696 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,636 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,611 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,479 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,364 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
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