Girls' name · since 1988
Yanelys
46 babies named Yanelys in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
46 babies have been named Yanelys since 1988, making it today's #15548 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelys has been recorded 46 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #15548 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #36,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,548 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 46 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanelys ranks #36,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,548 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 46 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 46
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanelys's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Yanelys compares
46 15th percentile among 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
Yanelys's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanelys | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 46 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanelys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yanelys splits its recorded history at 2008: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yanelys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Yanelys by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Yanelys's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Yanelys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (41% of all-time use).
Yanelys by state
Where Yanelys concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 10.9% |
5 of 46 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yanelys's data
- Yanelys's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (19 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Yanelyss (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yanelys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Yanelys 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.