Boys' name · since 2008
Yanzel
37 babies named Yanzel in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,411 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yanzel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 37 recorded since 2008.
Yanzel has 37 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2013.
- #24,411 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yanzel ranks #24,411 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,411 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yanzel's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yanzel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yanzel's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yanzel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2013
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Yanzel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Yanzel's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Yanzel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yanzel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~5 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, 2008–2013 (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 Yanzel 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.