Recorded 2003–2018 Girls' name Peak 2010 79 births

Yailen — girls' name

79 babies named Yailen in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Yailen was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

13 babies were named Yailen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yailen

The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Yailen between 2003 and 2018, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yailen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yailen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yailen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yailen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 79 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Yailen at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

79

Since 2003

16 years of records

Peak year

2010

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2003

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2018

Yailen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2003

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2010)
13
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
468101214 201820162014201320112010200920082006200520042003 5

Yailen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
40 births that decade — 51% of Yailen's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yailen?
79 babies have been named Yailen since 2003. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2010 with 13 births.
When was Yailen most popular?
Yailen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Yailen been used?
Yailen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 16 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Yailen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yailin, Yaira, Yaire, Yaiza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.