Total births
18
Girls' name · since 2017
Yaana
Yaana has 18 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14881
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 16%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Yaana is the #14881 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 18 recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Yaana recorded 18 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #14881 nationally today, ahead of 16% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #14881 among girls today
- 18 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
- 16% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Yaana is currently the #14881 girls' name in America, more common than 16% of girls - 18 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14881
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 16%
- more common than other girls
Yaana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#14881
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 16% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
61% of everyone ever named Yaana was born in this single decade.
2017
Single peak year
7 babies were named Yaana in 2017 - its busiest year on record.
How Yaana compares
18 6th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yaana's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaana | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
Yaana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yaana's full recorded timeline at 2022, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yaana at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2017
Current rank
#14,881
Active since
2017
Yaana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Yaana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Yaana's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Yaana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yaana? ▼
18 babies have been named Yaana since 2017. It currently ranks #14881 among girls. The peak year was 2017 with 7 births.
When was Yaana most popular? ▼
Yaana was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Yaana been used? ▼
Yaana has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 8 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Yaana? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yaa, Yaara, Yaalini, Yaasmeen, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Yaana
Nearby Names Like Yaana
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Yaana
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Yaara Girl
79 births
Yaalini Girl
#16935 20 births
Yaasmeen Girl
18 births
Yaasmiyn Girl
5 births
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yaana: #14881 Girls' Name - 18 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yaana. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yaana 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 June 2026.