Girls' name · since 1998
Yena
311 babies named Yena in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yena is the #7326 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 311 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Yena recorded 311 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #7326 nationally today, ahead of 58% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #15,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,326 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 311 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yena ranks #15,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,326 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 311 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,326 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 311
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yena's 311 recorded births place it above 78.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yena compares
311 46th 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
Yena's all-time total is 17% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 311 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yena's full recorded timeline at 2013, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Yena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Yena's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Yena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (44% of all-time use).
Yena by state
Where Yena concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 12.5% |
39 of 311 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yena's data
- Yena's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yenas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Yena 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.