Girls' name · since 1997
Yaileen
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 287 babies named Yaileen, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
287 babies have been named Yaileen since 1997, making it today's #13859 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaileen has been recorded 287 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #13859 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,859 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 287 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaileen ranks #16,314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,859 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 287 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,859 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 287
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaileen's 287 recorded births place it above 77.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yaileen compares
287 44th 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
Yaileen's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaileen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 287 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yaileen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yaileen's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yaileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Yaileen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (126 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Yaileen's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Yaileen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 126 births (44% of all-time use).
Yaileen by state
Where Yaileen concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
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What to do with Yaileen's data
- Yaileen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Yaileens (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yaileen: 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 (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Yaileen 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.