Girls' name · since 1971
Yanna
Yanna has 608 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8084
- among girls today
- 608
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- more common than other girls
Yanna currently ranks #8084 among girls' names in America, with 608 babies recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Yanna recorded 608 times among girls since 1971, holding rank #8084 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, 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 1971 to 2025.
- #8084 among girls today
- 608 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
- 54% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Yanna is currently the #8084 girls' name in America, more common than 54% of girls - 608 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8084
- among girls today
- 608
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 54%
- more common than other girls
Yanna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Yanna was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Yanna in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
How Yanna compares
608 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,726 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
Yanna's all-time total is 59% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yanna | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 608 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 48 | 19,840 |
Yanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yanna's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yanna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #8084 among girls.
608 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 33 births in a single year.
Yanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Yanna's strongest decade.
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Yanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
188 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 188 births (31% of all-time use).
Yanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 155 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Yanna 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 Yanna's total volume
Yanna vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Yanna by state
Where Yanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
10 of 608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Yanna's data
- Yanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (188 total births) through the 2020s (98) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yannas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yanna: #8084 Girls' Name - 608 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yanna. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yanna 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 June 2026.
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