Girls' name · since 2005
Yaniyah
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 137 babies named Yaniyah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,134 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
137 babies have been named Yaniyah since 2005, making it today's #14134 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaniyah has been recorded 137 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #14134 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #23,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,134 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 137 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaniyah ranks #23,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,134 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 137 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,134 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yaniyah's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yaniyah compares
137 30th percentile among 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
Yaniyah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaniyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 137 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yaniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yaniyah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yaniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Yaniyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Yaniyah's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Yaniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Yaniyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yaniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Yaniyah 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.