Recorded 1963–2023 Girls' name Peak 1989 379 births

Yanina — girls' name

379 babies named Yanina in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111970s331980s1011990s1042000s832010s402020s7
1990s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Yanina was born in this single decade.

1989
Single peak year

22 babies were named Yanina in 1989 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yanina

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Yanina between 1963 and 2023, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yanina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yanina in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanina 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 379 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.

Yanina at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

379

Since 1963

61 years of records

Peak year

1989

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1963

Recorded for 61 years

Last year on file: 2023

Yanina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1963

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1989)
22
Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
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Yanina by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
104 births that decade — 27% of Yanina's all-time total
1960s111970s331980s1011990s1042000s832010s402020s7

Yanina by state

Where Yanina concentrates geographically — total births since 1963

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yanina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
41 10.8%
#2 New York
5 1.3%
California share of Yanina's total US births 10.8%
Even split

41 of 379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yanina?
379 babies have been named Yanina since 1963. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1989 with 22 births.
When was Yanina most popular?
Yanina was most popular in the 1990s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Yanina most popular?
The top states for the name Yanina are California (41 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Yanina been used?
Yanina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 61 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Yanina?
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, 1963–2023 (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.