Yailene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yailene

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Yailene between 1997 and 2012, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yailene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yailene performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yailene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yailene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yailene 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 120 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.