Girls' name · since 2003
Yaniya
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Yaniya, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaniya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 53 have been recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Yaniya recorded 53 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2010.
- #34,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaniya ranks #34,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yaniya's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yaniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yaniya's full recorded timeline at 2007, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yaniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2010
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2010.
53 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 10 births in a single year.
Yaniya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 91% of the file).
2000s was Yaniya's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Yaniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (91% of all-time use).
Yaniya decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Yaniya's data
- Yaniya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yaniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2003–2010 (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 Yaniya 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.
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