Recorded 1968–2022 Girls' name Peak 1992 367 births

Yanique — girls' name

367 babies named Yanique in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51970s281980s871990s1212000s1012010s192020s6
1990s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Yanique was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

18 babies were named Yanique in 1992 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yanique

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Yanique between 1968 and 2022, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanique currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanique performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yanique shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Yanique in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanique 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 367 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.

Yanique at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

367

Since 1968

55 years of records

Peak year

1992

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1968

Recorded for 55 years

Last year on file: 2022

Yanique popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1968

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1992)
18
Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
05101520 202220082003199819931988198319781968 5

Yanique by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
121 births that decade — 33% of Yanique's all-time total
1960s51970s281980s871990s1212000s1012010s192020s6

Yanique by state

Where Yanique concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yanique
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
57 15.5%
#2 New Jersey
5 1.4%
New York share of Yanique's total US births 15.5%
Even split

57 of 367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yanique?
367 babies have been named Yanique since 1968. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1992 with 18 births.
When was Yanique most popular?
Yanique was most popular in the 1990s decade with 121 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Yanique most popular?
The top states for the name Yanique are New York (57 births), New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Yanique been used?
Yanique has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 55 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Yanique?
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, 1968–2022 (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.