Yanill — girls' name
22 babies named Yanill in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Yanill was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Yanill in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yanill
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Yanill between 1987 and 1993, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanill currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanill performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yanill shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yanill in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yanill 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 22 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.
Yanill at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yanill popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1987
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
22 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 6 births in a single year.
Yanill by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Yanill's all-time total
Yanill decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Yanill's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Yanill by state
Where Yanill concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 68.2% |
15 of 22 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 68.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 68.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1987–1993 (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.