Girls' name · since 2008
Yazel
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Yazel, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #56,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yazel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Yazel recorded 10 times among girls since 2008, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2008.
- #56,898 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 2008
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yazel ranks #56,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 2008, peaking in the 2000s.
- #56,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yazel's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yazel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Yazel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Yazel's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Yazel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yazel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~0 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, 2008–2008 (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 Yazel 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.