Boys' name · since 2005
Yanky
Yanky has 258 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,740 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yanky currently ranks #3740 among boys' names in America, with 258 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Yanky recorded 258 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #3740 nationally today, ahead of 73% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #11,484 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,740 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanky ranks #11,484 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,740 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 258 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,484 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,740 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yanky's 258 recorded births place it above 74.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yanky compares
258 42nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yanky's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanky | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yanky's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yanky's full recorded timeline at 2017, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yanky popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Yanky by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (158 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Yanky's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Yanky births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s
2020s
158 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 158 births (61% of all-time use).
Yanky by state
Where Yanky concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 82 | 31.8% |
82 of 258 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Yankys (82 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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 Yanky 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.