Girls' name · since 1982
Yanelis
675 babies named Yanelis in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 675
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yanelis currently ranks #6189 among girls' names in America, with 675 babies recorded since 1982.
Yanelis has 675 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6189 as of the latest data, more common than 64% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #9,751 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,189 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 675 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelis ranks #9,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,189 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 675 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 675
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yanelis's 675 recorded births place it above 86.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yanelis compares
675 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Yanelis's all-time total is 80% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanelis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 675 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanelis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yanelis splits its recorded history at 2006: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yanelis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Yanelis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (243 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Yanelis's strongest decade.
243 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Yanelis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
220 births
- 2010s
2010s
243 births
- 2020s 92
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 243 births (36% of all-time use).
How Yanelis 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 Yanelis's total volume
Yanelis by state
Where Yanelis concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 153 | 22.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 17 | 2.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 17 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
153 of 675 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanelis's data
- Yanelis's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (243 total births) through the 2020s (92) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Yaneliss (153 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yanelis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Yanelis 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.