Yavuz — #13003 US boys' name
77 babies named Yavuz in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Yavuz was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Yavuz in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yavuz
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Yavuz between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yavuz currently holds the #13003 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yavuz performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yavuz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yavuz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yavuz 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 77 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.
Yavuz at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Yavuz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #13003 among boys.
77 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 10 births in a single year.
Yavuz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 39 births that decade — 51% of Yavuz's all-time total
Yavuz decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yavuz's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Yavuz by state
Where Yavuz concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 6.5% |
5 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.