Boys' name · since 2000

Yavin

68 babies named Yavin in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#20,076 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,271 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
68
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

68 babies have been named Yavin since 2000, making it today's #11271 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Yavin recorded 68 times among boys since 2000, holding rank #11271 nationally today, ahead of 19% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.

  • #20,076 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,271 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 68 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yavin ranks #20,076 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,271 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,076 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,271 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
68
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19%
Yavin vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yavin's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Yavin compares

68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Yavin's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Yavin Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 68 369 358,536
Peak-year births 11 34 22,252

Yavin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Yavin's full recorded timeline at 2015, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Yavin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
11
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
4681012 2000200420072010201220152017201820202025 6

Yavin by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 53% of the file).

2010s was Yavin's strongest decade.

36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.

Yavin births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (53% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yavin?
Since 2000, Social Security records show 68 babies named Yavin. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #20,076 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #11,271 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2017, with 11 births.
Where does Yavin sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yavin ranks #20,076 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,271 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yavin most popular?
Yavin was most popular in the 2010s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Yavin been used?
Yavin has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 26 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Yavin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yavier, Yavuz, Yaviel, Yavian. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Yavin's data

  • Yavin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Yavin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2000–2025 (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 Yavin 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.