Girls' name · since 1949
Yasmin
Yasmin has 21,747 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21,747
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yasmin is the #956 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 21,747 recorded since 1949.
Yasmin has 21,747 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #956 as of the latest data, more common than 94% 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 1949 to 2025.
- #1,011 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #956 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 21,747 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yasmin ranks #1,011 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #956 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 21,747 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,011 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #956 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21,747
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yasmin's 21,747 recorded births place it above 98.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yasmin compares
21,747 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Yasmin's all-time total is 58x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yasmin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21,747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,018 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yasmin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yasmin's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 1,018, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yasmin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 1,018
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Yasmin popularity over time - boys
80 total births recorded since 1984 (Yasmin as boys' name)
Yasmin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8,426 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Yasmin's strongest decade.
8,426 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yasmin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 298
1950s
298 births
- 1960s 320
1960s
320 births
- 1970s 931
1970s
931 births
- 1980s 1,845
1980s
1,845 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,931 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,426 births
- 2010s 3,311
2010s
3,311 births
- 2020s 1,680
2020s
1,680 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8,426 births (39% of all-time use).
How Yasmin 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 Yasmin's total volume
Yasmin by state
Where Yasmin concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,536 | 20.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,627 | 12.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,205 | 10.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,314 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 1,041 | 4.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 866 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 681 | 3.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 542 | 2.5% |
4,536 of 21,747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Yasmin appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yasmin's data
- Yasmin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (8,426 total births); usage has since declined to 1,680 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yasmins (4,536 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yasmin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Yasmin 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.