Unisex name · since 1984
Yarden
Yarden has 136 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,487 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yarden currently ranks #15487 among unisex names in America, with 136 babies recorded since 1984.
Yarden has 136 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15487 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #23,825 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,487 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yarden ranks #23,825 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,487 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 136 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,825 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,487 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yarden's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yarden compares
136 30th percentile among 17,297 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
Yarden's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yarden | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yarden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yarden splits its recorded history at 2007: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yarden popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Yarden popularity over time - boys
103 total births recorded since 1990 (Yarden as boys' name)
Yarden by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Yarden's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Yarden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Yarden's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yarden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1984–2025 (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 Yarden 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.