Girls' name · since 2017
Yelani
30 babies named Yelani in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,141 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yelani is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 30 have been recorded since 2017.
Social Security Administration records show Yelani recorded 30 times among girls since 2017, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #41,141 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yelani ranks #41,141 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,141 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yelani's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Yelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yelani's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Yelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Yelani's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Yelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yelani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Yelani 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.