Girls' name · since 1982
Yalda
Yalda has 131 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,048 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yalda currently ranks #8048 among girls' names in America, with 131 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Yalda recorded 131 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #8048 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #24,218 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,048 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 131 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yalda ranks #24,218 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,048 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 131 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,218 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,048 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yalda's 131 recorded births place it above 66.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yalda compares
131 29th percentile among 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
Yalda's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yalda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 131 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yalda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yalda's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yalda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Yalda by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Yalda's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Yalda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (43% of all-time use).
Yalda by state
Where Yalda concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.8% |
6 of 131 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Yaldas (6 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 Yalda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1982–2025 (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 Yalda 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.