Yarnell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Yarnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Yarnell between 1977 and 1982, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yarnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 41 babies received it in a single year. Yarnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1962.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yarnell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yarnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Yarnell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yarnell 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 88 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.