Girls' name · since 2001
Yalena
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 220 babies named Yalena, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,551 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 220
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yalena currently ranks #10551 among girls' names in America, with 220 babies recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yalena has been recorded 220 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #10551 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #18,867 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,551 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 220 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yalena ranks #18,867 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,551 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 220 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,867 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,551 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 220
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yalena's 220 recorded births place it above 73.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yalena compares
220 39th 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
Yalena's all-time total is 41% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yalena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 220 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yalena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yalena's full recorded timeline at 2013, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Yalena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (102 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Yalena's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Yalena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 102 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Yalena's data
- Yalena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yalena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Yalena 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.