Girls' name · since 1976
Yeni
Yeni has 469 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
469 babies have been named Yeni since 1976, making it today's #15366 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yeni has been recorded 469 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #15366 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #12,336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,366 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 469 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yeni ranks #12,336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,366 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 469 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 469
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yeni's 469 recorded births place it above 82.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yeni compares
469 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Yeni's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yeni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 469 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yeni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yeni splits its recorded history at 1998: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yeni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Yeni by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (165 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Yeni's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Yeni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
99 births
- 1990s
1990s
130 births
- 2000s
2000s
165 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 165 births (35% of all-time use).
Yeni by state
Where Yeni concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 108 | 23.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.1% |
108 of 469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yeni's data
- Yeni's decade-level peak was the 2000s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yenis (108 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 Yeni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Yeni 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.