Girls' name · since 1978
Yamina
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 196 babies named Yamina, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yamina is the #10316 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 196 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yamina has been recorded 196 times among girls since 1978, currently ranked #10316 nationally and more common than 40% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #20,042 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,316 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 196 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yamina ranks #20,042 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,316 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 196 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,042 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 196
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yamina's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yamina compares
196 36th 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
Yamina's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yamina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yamina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yamina's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yamina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Yamina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Yamina's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Yamina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Yamina's data
- Yamina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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 Yamina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Yamina 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.