Girls' name · since 1987
Yanelly
846 babies named Yanelly in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanelly currently ranks #8546 among girls' names in America, with 846 babies recorded since 1987.
Yanelly has 846 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8546 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, 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 1987 to 2025.
- #8,441 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,546 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 846 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelly ranks #8,441 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,546 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 846 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,441 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,546 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 846
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanelly's 846 recorded births place it above 88.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yanelly compares
846 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Yanelly's all-time total is 125% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanelly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 846 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanelly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanelly's full recorded timeline at 2006, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanelly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Yanelly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (307 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Yanelly's strongest decade.
307 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Yanelly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
307 births
- 2010s
2010s
266 births
- 2020s 90
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 307 births (36% of all-time use).
How Yanelly 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 Yanelly's total volume
Yanelly by state
Where Yanelly concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 172 | 20.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 131 | 15.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
172 of 846 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanelly's data
- Yanelly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (307 total births); usage has since declined to 90 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yanellys (172 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yanelly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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, 1987–2025 (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 Yanelly 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.