Yoav
Boy · Hebrew
Yoav is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Yoav mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yoav a girl's or a boy's name?
Yoav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yoav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Yoav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Yoav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Yoav, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Yoav in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yoav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
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