Unisex name · since 1986
Yanai
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Yanai, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,351 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
108 babies have been named Yanai since 1986, making it today's #10351 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Yanai recorded 108 times among girls since 1986, holding rank #10351 nationally today, ahead of 40% of girls, 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 1986 to 2025.
- #26,328 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,351 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanai ranks #26,328 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,351 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 108 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,328 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,351 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yanai's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yanai compares
108 26th 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
Yanai's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yanai's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yanai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Yanai popularity over time - boys
52 total births recorded since 2019 (Yanai as boys' name)
Yanai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Yanai's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Yanai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (44% of all-time use).
Yanai by state
Where Yanai concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.6% |
5 of 108 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Yanais (5 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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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, 1986–2025 (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 Yanai 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.