Girls' name · since 1978
Yanitza
647 babies named Yanitza in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,041 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,318 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 647
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yanitza is the #10318 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 647 recorded since 1978.
Yanitza has 647 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10318 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #10,041 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,318 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 647 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanitza ranks #10,041 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,318 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 647 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,041 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,318 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 647
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yanitza's 647 recorded births place it above 86.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yanitza compares
647 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yanitza's all-time total is 72% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanitza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 647 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yanitza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yanitza splits its recorded history at 2004: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yanitza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Yanitza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (270 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Yanitza's strongest decade.
270 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Yanitza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
167 births
- 2000s
2000s
270 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 270 births (42% of all-time use).
How Yanitza compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yanitza's total volume
Yanitza by state
Where Yanitza concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 54 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Arizona | | 42 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
54 of 647 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Yanitza's data
- Yanitza's decade-level peak was the 2000s (270 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yanitzas (54 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yanitza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Yanitza 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.