Girls' name · since 1971
Yakima
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 261 babies named Yakima, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yakima is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 261 have been recorded since 1971.
Yakima has 261 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2008.
- #17,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yakima ranks #17,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yakima's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Yakima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yakima's full recorded timeline at 1984, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yakima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2008
- Peak year (1980)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Yakima by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (103 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Yakima's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yakima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
103 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 103 births (39% of all-time use).
Yakima by state
Where Yakima concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 11 | 4.2% |
11 of 261 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yakima's data
- Yakima's decade-level peak was the 1970s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Yakimas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Yakima: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1971–2008 (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 Yakima 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.