Girls' name · since 1972
Yanette
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 277 babies named Yanette, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yanette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 277 have been recorded since 1972.
Yanette has 277 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1972 to 2013.
- #16,616 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 277 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanette ranks #16,616 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 277 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yanette's 277 recorded births place it above 77.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Yanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanette's full recorded timeline at 1994, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2013
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Yanette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (102 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Yanette's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Yanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 102 births (37% of all-time use).
Yanette by state
Where Yanette concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 14.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 3.6% |
41 of 277 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanette's data
- Yanette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yanettes (41 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 Yanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1972–2013 (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 Yanette 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.