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Yuval

#10,653 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Jubal

Yuval has been given to 633 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #10,653 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 19 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% boys, 35% girls all-time.

Babies named Yuval, 2025

1 in 474,000

Yuval over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Yuval over time

In 2025, Yuval went to 50% girls and 50% boys.

19672025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Yuval: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Jubal

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Yuval means

Yuval is a form of Jubal.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Yuval → Jubal. The family’s meaning is “stream”, recorded in the naming reference for Jubal.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jubal.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 409 boys were recorded with the name Yuval between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,555 in 1967.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,528 in 2020 to #10,653 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,605 in 2015 to #10,653 in 2025.

In the United States, 224 girls were recorded with the name Yuval between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2001; its best national rank was #6,944 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,417 in 2020 to #13,143 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #19,029 in 2015 to #13,143 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Yuval?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,653
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yuval sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yuval. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yuvals were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yuval was born before 2005 — so the typical Yuval is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
409
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (136).

Is Yuval rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+247
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,125
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−48
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
36.8%
Peak was 2007 (19)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,555
1967

Spellings of Yuval

Yuval is not the most common spelling — Orval is, with 36.6% against Yuval's 1.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Yuval is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Yuval was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,025,218 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yuval has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Yuval is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Yuval was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,056,266 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yuval has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Yuval around the world

Where Yuval ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2013
    #4,685
    in 2013
  • France
    2024–2024
    #6,603
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Yuval by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,653
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,125
Best rank ever
#3,555
1967
Peak year
2007
19 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
409
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,143
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 274
Best rank ever
#6,944
2001
Peak year
2001
16 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
224
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Yuval

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

YuvinYuvanYuvenYuvaanYuvrajYuvaDuvalYuvanshLavalOvalIvalYuvikAnivalKevalArvalYuvirDevalCristovalDhavalPercivalYuviNorvalValOrval

Sibling names for Yuval

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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