Boys' name · since 1971
Yamal
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Yamal, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,916 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yamal currently ranks #9916 among boys' names in America, with 12 babies recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Yamal recorded 12 times among boys since 1971, holding rank #9916 nationally today, ahead of 29% of boys, 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 1971 to 2025.
- #33,060 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,916 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yamal ranks #33,060 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,916 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,060 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,916 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yamal's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yamal compares
12 5th 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
Yamal's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yamal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yamal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yamal splits its recorded history at 2025: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yamal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Yamal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Yamal's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Yamal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yamal: 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 (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Yamal 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.