Yidel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YID-ul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Yidel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Yidel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Yehuda (Judah)
“praised”
Used in Orthodox Jewish families as an affectionate form of Yehuda, the Hebrew form of Judah.
Is Yidel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yidel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yidel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Yidel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Yidel in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yidel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Yidel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Yael, Abdiel, Musa, Aziel, Azriel, Yahir, Jaziel, Zamir, Ezra, Azael, Yusuf
Names related to Yidel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Yidel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yidel, updated 20 October 2026.