Recorded 1987–2002 Girls' name Peak 1991 66 births

Yanil — girls' name

66 babies named Yanil in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s462000s9
1990s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Yanil was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

10 babies were named Yanil in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yanil

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Yanil between 1987 and 2002, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanil performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yanil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yanil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 66 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Yanil at a glance

Last recorded 2002

Total births

66

Since 1987

16 years of records

Peak year

1991

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2002

Active since

1987

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2002

Yanil popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1987

Last recorded 2002
Peak year (1991)
10
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4681012 200219951994199319921991199019891987 6

Yanil by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
46 births that decade — 70% of Yanil's all-time total
1980s111990s462000s9

Yanil by state

Where Yanil concentrates geographically — total births since 1987

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yanil
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
23 34.8%
New York share of Yanil's total US births 34.8%

23 of 66 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yanil?
66 babies have been named Yanil since 1987. It was last recorded in 2002. The peak year was 1991 with 10 births.
When was Yanil most popular?
Yanil was most popular in the 1990s decade with 46 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Yanil most popular?
The top states for the name Yanil are New York (23 births).
How long has the name Yanil been used?
Yanil has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 16 years of data through 2002.
What names are similar to Yanil?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yaneli, Yanira, Yana, Yanet, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.