Yanay — #14588 US girls' name
60 babies named Yanay in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 17% of names given to girls today.
75% of everyone ever named Yanay was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Yanay in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yanay
The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Yanay between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanay currently holds the #14588 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanay performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yanay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yanay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yanay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 60 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Yanay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yanay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2009
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #14588 among girls.
60 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 22 births in a single year.
Yanay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 45 births that decade — 75% of Yanay's all-time total
Yanay decade highlights
- Peak decade 45 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Yanay's strongest decade
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Yanay by state
Where Yanay concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 10.0% |
6 of 60 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.