Girls' name · since 1998
Iyanla
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 245 babies named Iyanla, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iyanla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 245 recorded since 1998.
Iyanla has 245 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2014.
- #17,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 245 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iyanla ranks #17,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Iyanla's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Iyanla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Iyanla splits its recorded history at 2004: 26% of all births land in the more recent half, 74% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2011 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Iyanla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2014
- Peak year (1999)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Iyanla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (142 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Iyanla's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Iyanla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
142 births
- 2010s 44
2010s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 142 births (58% of all-time use).
Iyanla by state
Where Iyanla concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 8 | 3.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 5 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
8 of 245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Iyanla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (142 total births); usage has since declined to 44 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Iyanlas (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Iyanla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iyanla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.