Boys' name · since 1989
Yama
85 babies named Yama in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,955 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yama currently ranks #6955 among boys' names in America, with 85 babies recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yama has been recorded 85 times among boys since 1989, currently ranked #6955 nationally and more common than 50% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #18,518 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,955 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yama ranks #18,518 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,955 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 85 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,518 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,955 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yama's 85 recorded births place it above 59.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yama compares
85 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yama's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yama | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yama's full recorded timeline at 1994, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Yama by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (47 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Yama's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Yama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 47 births (55% of all-time use).
Yama by state
Where Yama concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 14.1% |
12 of 85 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yama's data
- Yama's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yamas (12 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Yama 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.