Recorded 2005–2023 Boys' name Peak 2006 61 births

Yansel — boys' name

61 babies named Yansel in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s262010s232020s12
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Yansel was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yansel in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yansel

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Yansel between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yansel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yansel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yansel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yansel 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 61 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.

Yansel at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

61

Since 2005

19 years of records

Peak year

2006

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2005

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2023

Yansel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2005

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2006)
9
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
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Yansel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
26 births that decade — 43% of Yansel's all-time total
2000s262010s232020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yansel?
61 babies have been named Yansel since 2005. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2006 with 9 births.
When was Yansel most popular?
Yansel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Yansel been used?
Yansel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 19 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Yansel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yandel, Yancy, Yancey, Yannick, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.