Girls' name · since 1974
Yanet
2,269 babies named Yanet in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,018 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,269
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
2,269 babies have been named Yanet since 1974, making it today's #8018 girls' name.
Yanet has 2,269 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8018 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #4,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,018 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,269 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanet ranks #4,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,018 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,269 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,018 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,269
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yanet's 2,269 recorded births place it above 94.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yanet compares
2,269 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Yanet's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 88 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yanet's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 88, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yanet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 88
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Yanet by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (692 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Yanet's strongest decade.
692 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Yanet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 51
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
333 births
- 1990s
1990s
692 births
- 2000s
2000s
686 births
- 2010s
2010s
379 births
- 2020s 128
2020s
128 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 692 births (30% of all-time use).
How Yanet 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 Yanet's total volume
Yanet by state
Where Yanet concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 758 | 33.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 330 | 14.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 58 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 49 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 40 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 23 | 1.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 15 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Washington | | 6 | 0.3% |
758 of 2,269 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Yanet appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yanet's data
- Yanet's decade-level peak was the 1990s (692 total births); usage has since declined to 128 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yanets (758 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 Yanet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Yanet 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.