Girls' name · since 1981
Yanin
129 babies named Yanin in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,361 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yanin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 129 have been recorded since 1981.
Yanin has 129 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2012.
- #24,361 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanin ranks #24,361 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,361 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yanin's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Yanin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yanin's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yanin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2012
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Yanin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (51 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Yanin's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Yanin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 51 births (40% of all-time use).
Yanin by state
Where Yanin concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 9.3% |
12 of 129 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yanin's data
- Yanin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yanins (12 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 Yanin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1981–2012 (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 Yanin 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.