Masculine dossier · first seen 1990
Yishai
Rising
Gaining cultural share
Peak era
2025
Peak births
32
Current vitality
Rare
Peak generation
Gen Alpha
Quick answers about Yishai
How many people are named Yishai?
An estimated 440 living Americans are named Yishai.
How rare is Yishai?
Yishai is very rare among babies today, with 32 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Yishai?
The median age of a living American named Yishai is approximately 12 years, with most bearers falling between 5 and 19 years old.
Is Yishai still popular?
Yes — Yishai is currently rising in popularity, with 32 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.3× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Yishai most common?
Yishai has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 7.6× more often than the national baseline.
1990Peak 20252025
Peak year
2025
Decline from peak
0%
2025
32
All-time
445
Where it lives now
Yishai is most concentrated in New York — about 7.4× the national rate in the 2010s.
States where Yishai is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.