Recorded 2011–2015 Girls' name Peak 2012 82 births

Yanilen — girls' name

82 babies named Yanilen in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s82
2010s
Peak decade

100% of everyone ever named Yanilen was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

35 babies were named Yanilen in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yanilen

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Yanilen between 2011 and 2015, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanilen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanilen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yanilen in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanilen 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 82 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.

Yanilen at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

82

Since 2011

5 years of records

Peak year

2012

35 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2011

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2015

Yanilen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2011

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2012)
35
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
010203040 20152014201320122011 12

Yanilen by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
82 births that decade — 100% of Yanilen's all-time total
2010s82

Yanilen by state

Where Yanilen concentrates geographically — total births since 2011

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yanilen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
22 26.8%
#2 California
19 23.2%
Texas share of Yanilen's total US births 26.8%
Even split

22 of 82 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yanilen?
82 babies have been named Yanilen since 2011. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2012 with 35 births.
When was Yanilen most popular?
Yanilen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Yanilen most popular?
The top states for the name Yanilen are Texas (22 births), California (19 births).
How long has the name Yanilen been used?
Yanilen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 5 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Yanilen?
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, 2011–2015 (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.