Girls' name · since 1984
Yanelle
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 127 babies named Yanelle, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1984.
Yanelle has 127 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2022.
- #24,541 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelle ranks #24,541 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanelle's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yanelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanelle's full recorded timeline at 2008, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2022
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Yanelle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Yanelle's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Yanelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Yanelle's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yanelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~38 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, 1984–2022 (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 Yanelle 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.