Yakina — girls' name
10 babies named Yakina in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Yakina was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Yakina in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yakina
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Yakina between 1978 and 1987, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yakina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yakina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yakina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yakina 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 10 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.
Yakina at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yakina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
10 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 5 births in a single year.
Yakina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Yakina's all-time total
Yakina decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Yakina's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–1987 (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.