Girls' name · since 2001
Yaelin
Yaelin has 40 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaelin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 2001.
Yaelin has 40 recorded births among girls since 2001, 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 2001 to 2010.
- #37,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaelin ranks #37,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #37,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaelin's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yaelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yaelin's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yaelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2010
- Peak year (2001)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Yaelin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (34 births, 85% of the file).
2000s was Yaelin's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Yaelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 34 births (85% of all-time use).
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- Yaelin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yaelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2001–2010 (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 Yaelin 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.