Girls' name · since 1989
Yenifer
Yenifer has 1,169 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,981 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,169
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yenifer currently ranks #6981 among girls' names in America, with 1,169 babies recorded since 1989.
Yenifer has 1,169 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6981 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #6,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,981 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,169 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yenifer ranks #6,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,981 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,169 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,981 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,169
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yenifer's 1,169 recorded births place it above 90.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yenifer compares
1,169 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Yenifer's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yenifer | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,169 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 80 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yenifer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yenifer's full recorded timeline at 2007, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 80 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yenifer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Yenifer by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (593 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Yenifer's strongest decade.
593 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Yenifer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
359 births
- 2000s
2000s
593 births
- 2010s 130
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 593 births (51% of all-time use).
How Yenifer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yenifer's total volume
Yenifer by state
Where Yenifer concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 208 | 17.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 169 | 14.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 40 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 26 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 26 | 2.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.9% |
208 of 1,169 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Yenifer appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yenifer's data
- Yenifer's decade-level peak was the 2000s (593 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yenifers (208 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 Yenifer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Yenifer 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.