Yanela — girls' name
13 babies named Yanela in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Yanela was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Yanela in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yanela
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Yanela between 1995 and 2007, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yanela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yanela 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 13 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.
Yanela at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yanela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1995
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
13 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Yanela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 54% of Yanela's all-time total
Yanela decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yanela's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2007 (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.