Yocheved
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoh-KHEH-ved
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Yocheved is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is glory”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Yocheved mean?
Hebrew
“God is glory”
Yocheved (Jochebed) is the mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam in the Bible.
Is Yocheved a girl's or a boy's name?
Yocheved is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yocheved in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Yocheved, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Yocheved in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Yocheved in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
How popular is Yocheved in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Yocheved, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer girls named Yocheved than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Yocheved in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yocheved in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,709 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,132 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
Names like Yocheved
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maryam, Eliana, Delilah, Mia, Aria, Talia, Sienna, Eden, Ariella, Amara, Ava, Fatima
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Yocheved: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yocheved, updated 20 October 2026.