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DekelIn Hebrew: דקל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Dekel (Hebrew: דקל) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 2,047 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 20 boys and ranked #480. Its peak year was 1999, with 78 babies.
- People in Israel
- 2,047
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 20
- rank #480
- Peak year
- 1999
- 78 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Dekel
In Hebrew letters the name is דקל, read right to left. Dekel is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Dekel by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Dekel
How do you write Dekel in Hebrew?
Dekel is written דקל in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Dekel?
2,047 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דקל: 448 women and 1,599 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Dekel a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 22% of the people named דקל are women and 78% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.