Recorded 2005–2010 Girls' name Peak 2008 39 births

Yenna — girls' name

39 babies named Yenna in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

85% of everyone ever named Yenna was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yenna in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yenna

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Yenna between 2005 and 2010, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yenna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yenna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yenna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yenna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yenna 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 39 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.

Yenna at a glance

Last recorded 2010

Total births

39

Since 2005

6 years of records

Peak year

2008

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2010

Active since

2005

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2010

Yenna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2005

Last recorded 2010
Peak year (2008)
8
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
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Yenna by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
33 births that decade — 85% of Yenna's all-time total
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Yenna by state

Where Yenna concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yenna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 12.8%
California share of Yenna's total US births 12.8%

5 of 39 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yenna?
39 babies have been named Yenna since 2005. It was last recorded in 2010. The peak year was 2008 with 8 births.
When was Yenna most popular?
Yenna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Yenna most popular?
The top states for the name Yenna are California (5 births).
How long has the name Yenna been used?
Yenna has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 6 years of data through 2010.
What names are similar to Yenna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yenifer, Yen, Yennifer, Yeni, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2005–2010 (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.