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How popular is the name Yad?

Births per year, rank history and how many Yads are alive today.

Yad (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. The name peaked in 2011, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1600th most popular that year.

The Yad you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Yads born in England and Wales are between 7 and 17, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Yad - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Yad.

How many babies are named Yad each year?

051020202002: 32003: 32004: 42005: 62006: 82007: 62008: 72009: 132010: 132011: 142012: 142013: 142014: 62015: 102016: 72017: 122018: 122019: 112020: 102021: 102022: 52023: 112024: 102025: 11actual

Where does Yad rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 3,0092005: ranked 2,4182006: ranked 2,0872007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 1,6492010: ranked 1,7242011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 1,6692013: ranked 1,6172014: ranked 2,9642015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 1,8752019: ranked 1,9862020: ranked 2,0762021: ranked 2,1252022: ranked 3,4502023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 2,2642025: ranked 2,133

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Yad per year in England and Wales, 2002 to 2025, peaking at about 14 in 2011
Yad: births per year in England and Wales, 2002-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yad most popular?

Yad peaked in 2011, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Yad?

At least 230 people named Yad born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Yad?

Most living Yads are between 7 and 17; the most common age is about 14.

Is Yad becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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