Girls' name · since 2015
Yemariam
Yemariam has 240 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,901 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yemariam currently ranks #5901 among girls' names in America, with 240 babies recorded since 2015.
Yemariam has 240 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5901 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #18,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,901 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yemariam ranks #18,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,901 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 240 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,901 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yemariam's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Virginia.
How Yemariam compares
240 40th percentile among 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
Yemariam's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yemariam | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yemariam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yemariam splits its recorded history at 2020: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2015 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yemariam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #5901 among girls.
240 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 33 births in a single year.
Yemariam by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (164 births, 68% of the file).
2020s was Yemariam's strongest decade.
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Yemariam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
164 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 164 births (68% of all-time use).
Yemariam decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 76 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Yemariam by state
Where Yemariam concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 16 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 15 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Washington | | 7 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 5 | 2.1% |
16 of 240 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 6.7% of nationwide
- Maryland 6.3% of nationwide
- Washington 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Virginia records the most Yemariams (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Yemariam 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.
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