Yanky — #3757 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yanky

The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Yanky between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yanky currently holds the #3757 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yanky performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yanky shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yanky in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yanky 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 226 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.