Girls' name · since 2002
Yaeli
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 260 babies named Yaeli, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yaeli currently ranks #5512 among girls' names in America, with 260 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaeli has been recorded 260 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #5512 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #17,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,512 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 260 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaeli ranks #17,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,512 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 260 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,512 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yaeli's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Yaeli compares
260 42nd percentile among 17,297 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
Yaeli's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaeli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 260 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yaeli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yaeli's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yaeli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Yaeli by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Yaeli's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yaeli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (40% of all-time use).
Yaeli by state
Where Yaeli concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 3.8% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
10 of 260 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Yaelis (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Yaeli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Yaeli 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.