Recorded 1994–2012 Girls' name Peak 2009 62 births

Yanisa — girls' name

62 babies named Yanisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s412010s16
2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Yanisa was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yanisa in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yanisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Yanisa between 1994 and 2012, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yanisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanisa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yanisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanisa 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 62 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.

Yanisa at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

62

Since 1994

19 years of records

Peak year

2009

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

1994

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2012

Yanisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1994

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (2009)
8
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
456789 2012201120102009200820072006200520001994 5

Yanisa by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
41 births that decade — 66% of Yanisa's all-time total
1990s52000s412010s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yanisa?
62 babies have been named Yanisa since 1994. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 2009 with 8 births.
When was Yanisa most popular?
Yanisa was most popular in the 2000s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Yanisa been used?
Yanisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 19 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Yanisa?
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, 1994–2012 (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.