Yale
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning one who pays; dweller at a fertile upland.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Yale by the numbers
Yale was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1929, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
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