Yanell — girls' name
50 babies named Yanell in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Yanell was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Yanell in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yanell
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Yanell between 1983 and 2013, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yanell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yanell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yanell 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 50 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.
Yanell at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yanell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1983
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
50 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 8 births in a single year.
Yanell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 33 births that decade — 66% of Yanell's all-time total
Yanell decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Yanell's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
Yanell by state
Where Yanell concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 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, 1983–2013 (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.