Recorded 2012–2021 Boys' name Peak 2013 44 births

Yeniel — boys' name

44 babies named Yeniel in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s332020s11
2010s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Yeniel was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

10 babies were named Yeniel in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yeniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Yeniel between 2012 and 2021, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yeniel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yeniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yeniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yeniel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Yeniel at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

44

Since 2012

10 years of records

Peak year

2013

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2012

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2021

Yeniel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2012

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2013)
10
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4681012 2021202020192017201420132012 5

Yeniel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
33 births that decade — 75% of Yeniel's all-time total
2010s332020s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yeniel?
44 babies have been named Yeniel since 2012. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2013 with 10 births.
When was Yeniel most popular?
Yeniel was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Yeniel been used?
Yeniel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 10 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Yeniel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yeng, Yen, Yengkong, Yener, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.