Yentl
Yentl is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
- Yiddish
Meaning & Origin of Yentl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yentl is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yiddish
The Story of Yentl
American parents first put Yentl on the record books as a baby girl name in 1984, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1985, when 13 Yentls were born — ranking #5,348 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1988 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 51 Yentls have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Yentl
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yentl. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yente
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About the name Yentl
Yentl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 51 births in the dataset. Yentl's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #5,348. Use the chart and map above to compare Yentl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.