Girls' name · since 1973
Yakini
15 babies named Yakini in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yakini is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1973.
Yakini has 15 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1976.
- #50,340 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yakini ranks #50,340 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #50,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yakini's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yakini's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yakini's full recorded timeline at 1974, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births.
Yakini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1976
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Yakini by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Yakini's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Yakini births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yakini: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1973–1976 (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 Yakini 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.