Yabdiel
A masculine name of Hispanic origin meaning "servant of God".
Name Census estimates that about 54 living Americans carry the first name Yabdiel. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Yabdiel today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yabdiel births was 2007 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yabdiel. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Yabdiel. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
54
~ 1 in 6,347,303 Americans
Peak year
2007
9 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2022 SSA rank
#12,257
Tracked since 2007
Census
Yabdiel in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 140 people with the first name Yabdiel, which placed it at #47,034 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#47,034
National first-name rank
People counted
140
140 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
95.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yabdiel
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yabdiel is Hispanic at 95.0%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (2.1%) and Black (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yabdiel described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yabdiel at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino95.0% · 133
- Two or more races2.1% · 3
- Black or African American1.4% · 2
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.7% · 1
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 1
Popularity
Yabdiel: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yabdiel from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 28 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Yabdiel remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yabdiel by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yabdiel during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Yabdiel
The name Yabdiel has its origins in Hebrew, derived from the combination of "Yah" (a shortened form of the name of God) and "bdiel" (meaning "servant of God"). This name first emerged during biblical times in the ancient Near East, particularly among Jewish communities.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Yabdiel can be found in the Book of Chronicles, an ancient Jewish text that documents the genealogies and histories of the Israelites. In this text, Yabdiel is mentioned as a descendant of the tribe of Manasseh.
Throughout the centuries, the name Yabdiel has been borne by several notable individuals. In the 12th century, Yabdiel ben Isaac was a prominent Jewish scholar and philosopher from Seville, Spain, known for his contributions to the study of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.
During the 16th century, Yabdiel Heller was a renowned Hebrew grammarian and Talmudic scholar from Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic). His works on Hebrew grammar and Talmudic commentary were highly influential and widely studied in Jewish academic circles.
In the 18th century, Yabdiel Hirschel was a respected Jewish financier and court banker in Berlin, Germany. He played a crucial role in the economic and financial affairs of the Prussian state during the reign of Frederick the Great.
Another notable figure bearing the name Yabdiel was Yabdiel Ibn Tybbon, a 12th-century Spanish Jewish philosopher and translator. He was responsible for translating numerous philosophical and scientific works from Arabic into Hebrew, contributing significantly to the dissemination of knowledge during the Golden Age of Jewish culture in Spain.
Yabdiel Pardo was a prominent Jewish leader and Rabbi in the 17th century, serving as the Chief Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam. He was known for his influential rulings and contributions to Jewish jurisprudence.
While the name Yabdiel has its roots in ancient Hebrew and Jewish traditions, it has been embraced by various cultures and communities throughout history, transcending its original linguistic and religious boundaries.
People
Yabdiel + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yabdiel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yabdiel: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yabdiel?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 54 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yabdiel going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,347,303 US residents.
Is Yabdiel a common name?
We classify Yabdiel as "Very Rare". It ranks above 55.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 54 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yabdiel most popular?
The single biggest year for Yabdiel was 2007, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yabdiel is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yabdiel in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 140 people with the name Yabdiel, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #47,034 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yabdiel in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yabdiel?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yabdiel appears almost entirely male. Of the 135 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yabdiel?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yabdiel is Hispanic at 95.0%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (2.1%) and Black (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yabdiel most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yabdiel in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.0% (133 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yabdiel in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yabdiel a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yabdiel in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yabdiel still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yabdiel in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yabdiel can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Yabdiel?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.