Girls' name · since 1989
Yanelli
Yanelli has 545 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yanelli is the #6209 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 545 recorded since 1989.
Yanelli has 545 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6209 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 1989 to 2025.
- #11,244 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,209 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 545 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelli ranks #11,244 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,209 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 545 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,209 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 545
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yanelli's 545 recorded births place it above 84.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yanelli compares
545 Top 43% higher than 57% 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
Yanelli's all-time total is 45% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanelli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 545 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanelli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanelli's full recorded timeline at 2007, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanelli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Yanelli by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (176 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Yanelli's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Yanelli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s
2010s
176 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 176 births (32% of all-time use).
How Yanelli 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 Yanelli's total volume
Yanelli by state
Where Yanelli concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 14.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 63 | 11.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
80 of 545 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanelli's data
- Yanelli's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (176 total births) through the 2020s (103) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yanellis (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Yanelli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Yanelli 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.