Yuval
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- yoo-VAHL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Yuval is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “stream, brook”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Yuval mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Jubal
“stream, brook”
Jubal is named in Genesis as the ancestor of all who play the lyre and pipe.
Is Yuval a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Yuval has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Yuval in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Yuval, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967. 7 girls were also named Yuval in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Yuval in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuval in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
Names like Yuval
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi, Aarav, Dhruv, Viraj, Ravi, Rishi, Yuvraj, Krishiv, Aj, Veer, Vihaan, Krish
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, “Yuval: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuval, updated 20 October 2026.