Girls' name · since 1991
Yemaya
Since 1991, U.S. Social Security records show 495 babies named Yemaya, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yemaya currently ranks #4509 among girls' names in America, with 495 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yemaya has been recorded 495 times among girls since 1991, currently ranked #4509 nationally and more common than 74% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #11,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,509 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 495 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yemaya ranks #11,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,509 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 495 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 495
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yemaya's 495 recorded births place it above 83.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Yemaya compares
495 Top 45% higher than 55% of 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
Yemaya's all-time total is 32% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yemaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 495 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yemaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yemaya splits its recorded history at 2013: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 57 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yemaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Yemaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (269 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Yemaya's strongest decade.
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Yemaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 47
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s
2020s
269 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 269 births (54% of all-time use).
Yemaya by state
Where Yemaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 32 | 6.5% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 2.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 8 | 1.6% |
32 of 495 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Yemayas (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yemaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
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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, 1991–2025 (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 Yemaya 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.