Boys' name · since 2016
Yanal
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Yanal, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,449 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
56 babies have been named Yanal since 2016, making it today's #10449 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Yanal recorded 56 times among boys since 2016, holding rank #10449 nationally today, ahead of 25% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #21,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,449 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanal ranks #21,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,449 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,449 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yanal's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yanal compares
56 18th 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
Yanal's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yanal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yanal splits its recorded history at 2020: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yanal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Yanal by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Yanal's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Yanal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yanal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Yanal 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.