Girls' name · since 1996
Yailin
Yailin has 963 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 963
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yailin currently ranks #3948 among girls' names in America, with 963 babies recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Yailin recorded 963 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #3948 nationally today, ahead of 77% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #7,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,948 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 963 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yailin ranks #7,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,948 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 963 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,948 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 963
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yailin's 963 recorded births place it above 89.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yailin compares
963 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Yailin's all-time total is 156% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yailin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 963 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 86 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yailin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yailin's full recorded timeline at 2011, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 86 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yailin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 86
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Yailin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (370 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Yailin's strongest decade.
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Yailin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 115
1990s
115 births
- 2000s
2000s
370 births
- 2010s
2010s
178 births
- 2020s
2020s
300 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 370 births (38% of all-time use).
How Yailin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yailin's total volume
Yailin by state
Where Yailin concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 161 | 16.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 121 | 12.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 39 | 4.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 26 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 14 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
161 of 963 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Yailin's data
- Yailin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (370 total births) through the 2020s (300) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yailins (161 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Yailin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Yailin 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.