Girls' name · since 1981
Yanessa
405 babies named Yanessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 405
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanessa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 405 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanessa has been recorded 405 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1981 to 2021.
- #13,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 405 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanessa ranks #13,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 405 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 405
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanessa's 405 recorded births place it above 81.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Yanessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanessa's full recorded timeline at 2002, 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 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Yanessa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Yanessa's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Yanessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (33% of all-time use).
Yanessa by state
Where Yanessa concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 10 | 2.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
10 of 405 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanessa's data
- Yanessa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Yanessas (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Yanessa: 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 (~40 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, 1981–2021 (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 Yanessa 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.