Yuval

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 35% girls / 65% boys

Meaning

Yuval is a Hebrew first name. It means stream, brook, or tributary. In the Hebrew Bible, Yuval was the son of Lamech and Adah, a brother of Jabal, a descendant of Cain. He was named as the ancestor of all who played the lyre and pipe. Yuval is known as the father of music.

From Wikipedia

Yuval first appears in the data in 1967 and has been recorded in 43 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 19 babies (rank #4,988 that year). In 2024 it was given to 7 boys (rank #10,857). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Yuval

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yuval yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

619
Total babies (all years)
43
Years in the data
19
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19677#3,555
19785#6,753
19805#7,282
19819#4,499
19826#6,379
19845#7,332
19868#5,329
19877#6,082
19885#8,479
19895#9,213
19915#9,634
199213#4,561
19935#10,146
19945#10,222
19959#6,401
19969#6,489
19978#7,271
199811#5,834
19999#7,123
200010#6,828
200112#6,004
200212#6,076
20039#7,811
200412#6,510
200518#4,817
200617#5,295
200719#4,988
200813#6,752
200914#6,422
201017#5,473
20119#8,744
201214#6,291
201310#8,097
201412#7,035
20157#10,609
20168#9,637
20175#14,198
20186#12,100
20199#8,865
20208#9,529
20217#10,755
202211#7,749
20247#10,857