Yale Popularity by Year
Follow Yale across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Yale birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Boys | 5 | #12,330 | Down 1,725 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Down 935 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 26 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 7 | #9,696 | Up 2,489 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 4,694 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 10 | #7,491 | Up 3,226 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 6 | #10,717 | Down 1,062 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Down 1,497 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 9 | #8,158 | Up 2,608 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 1,781 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Up 886 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 7 | #9,871 | Down 3,609 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Up 5,793 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 4,415 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 9 | #7,640 | Up 1,287 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Up 1,967 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 149 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 3,323 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 11 | #5,920 | Up 2,784 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 1,144 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 7 | #7,560 | Down 2,272 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 11 | #5,288 | Down 675 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 13 | #4,613 | Down 333 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 14 | #4,280 | Up 3,490 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 4,728 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 22 | #3,042 | Up 1,285 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 13 | #4,327 | Down 865 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 17 | #3,462 | Up 1,211 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 11 | #4,673 | Down 1,348 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 17 | #3,325 | Up 837 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 11 | #4,162 | Down 203 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 11 | #3,959 | Up 2,762 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 5 | #6,721 | Down 2,023 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 8 | #4,698 | Down 146 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 8 | #4,552 | Down 1,876 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 17 | #2,676 | Up 155 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 16 | #2,831 | Up 390 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 13 | #3,221 | Up 913 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 9 | #4,134 | Down 777 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 12 | #3,357 | Up 1,197 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 7 | #4,554 | Up 1,291 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 2,750 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 12 | #3,095 | Up 1,702 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 6 | #4,797 | Up 430 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | Down 2,214 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 11 | #3,013 | Down 22 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 11 | #2,991 | Down 178 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 12 | #2,813 | Down 688 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 18 | #2,125 | Down 264 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 20 | #1,861 | Up 339 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 14 | #2,200 | Down 294 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 17 | #1,906 | Down 92 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 18 | #1,814 | Up 552 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 12 | #2,366 | Down 252 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 15 | #2,114 | Up 1 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 15 | #2,115 | Down 402 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 22 | #1,713 | Up 435 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 15 | #2,148 | Down 106 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 16 | #2,042 | Up 488 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 11 | #2,530 | Up 288 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 9 | #2,818 | Down 443 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Up 122 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 11 | #2,497 | Down 62 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 11 | #2,435 | Up 157 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 10 | #2,592 | Down 305 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 12 | #2,287 | Down 538 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 19 | #1,749 | Down 196 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 23 | #1,553 | Up 768 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 11 | #2,321 | Up 132 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 10 | #2,453 | Down 695 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 18 | #1,758 | Up 913 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 9 | #2,671 | Down 137 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Down 837 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 16 | #1,697 | Up 612 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 10 | #2,309 | Down 545 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 17 | #1,764 | Down 179 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 20 | #1,585 | Up 174 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 16 | #1,759 | Up 43 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 15 | #1,802 | Down 166 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 17 | #1,636 | Up 549 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 11 | #2,185 | Up 294 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Down 756 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 16 | #1,723 | Up 114 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 15 | #1,837 | Up 556 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 10 | #2,393 | Down 25 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 10 | #2,368 | Down 446 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 15 | #1,922 | Up 5 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 15 | #1,927 | Down 283 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 20 | #1,644 | Down 332 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 29 | #1,312 | Up 299 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 22 | #1,611 | Down 8 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 23 | #1,603 | Up 184 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 19 | #1,787 | Up 302 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 15 | #2,089 | Up 43 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 15 | #2,132 | Down 672 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 26 | #1,460 | Up 184 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 22 | #1,644 | Down 196 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 27 | #1,448 | Up 372 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 19 | #1,820 | Up 445 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 13 | #2,265 | Down 438 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 18 | #1,827 | Down 348 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 23 | #1,479 | Down 214 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 28 | #1,265 | Up 517 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 16 | #1,782 | Down 440 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 20 | #1,342 | Up 23 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 15 | #1,365 | Up 254 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 10 | #1,619 | Down 402 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 6 | #1,217 | — |