Yittel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YIT-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Yittel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Yittel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form, probably of Yitta (Judith)
A traditional name among Yiddish-speaking Jewish families.
Is Yittel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yittel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yittel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Yittel, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Yittel in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yittel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Yittel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Harlow, Miller, Ellis, Harper, Elliott, Oakley, Luna, Lilith, Josie, Collins, Ellie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yittel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yittel, updated 20 October 2026.