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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

YaalaIn Hebrew: יעלה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: יַעֲלָה

Yaala (Hebrew: יעלה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 2,141 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 54 girls and ranked #276. Its peak year was 2018, with 98 babies.

People in Israel
2,141
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
54
rank #276
Peak year
2018
98 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Yaala

In Hebrew letters the name is יעלה, read right to left. Yaala is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; 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.

Yaala by year in Israel

How many girls 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).

Yaala: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Yaala

How do you write Yaala in Hebrew?

Yaala is written יעלה in Hebrew (with vowel points: יַעֲלָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Yaala?

2,141 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יעלה: 2,141 women and 0 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 Yaala a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named יעלה are women.

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.