Girls' name · since 1955
Yana
2,670 babies named Yana in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,670
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,670 babies have been named Yana since 1955, making it today's #2395 girls' name.
Yana has 2,670 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2395 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #3,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,395 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,670 born since 1955
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yana ranks #3,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,395 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,670 born since 1955, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,873 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,670
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yana's 2,670 recorded births place it above 94.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yana compares
2,670 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Yana's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,670 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yana's full recorded timeline at 1991, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 106 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Yana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (869 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Yana's strongest decade.
869 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Yana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s 61
1960s
61 births
- 1970s 158
1970s
158 births
- 1980s 118
1980s
118 births
- 1990s 182
1990s
182 births
- 2000s
2000s
668 births
- 2010s
2010s
869 births
- 2020s
2020s
543 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 869 births (33% of all-time use).
How Yana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yana's total volume
Yana by state
Where Yana concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 363 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Washington | | 176 | 6.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 175 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 80 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 62 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 57 | 2.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 54 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 40 | 1.5% |
363 of 2,670 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Yana appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yana's data
- Yana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (869 total births) through the 2020s (543) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yanas (363 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 Yana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Yana 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.