Recorded 1980–2022 Girls' name Peak 2001 245 births

Yenny — girls' name

245 babies named Yenny in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s511990s692000s1022010s52020s18
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Yenny was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

15 babies were named Yenny in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yenny

The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Yenny between 1980 and 2022, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yenny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yenny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Yenny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yenny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yenny 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 245 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.

Yenny at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

245

Since 1980

43 years of records

Peak year

2001

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1980

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2022

Yenny popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1980

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2001)
15
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
05101520 202220092005200119961992198819821980 5

Yenny by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
102 births that decade — 42% of Yenny's all-time total
1980s511990s692000s1022010s52020s18

Yenny by state

Where Yenny concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yenny
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
37 15.1%
California share of Yenny's total US births 15.1%

37 of 245 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yenny?
245 babies have been named Yenny since 1980. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2001 with 15 births.
When was Yenny most popular?
Yenny was most popular in the 2000s decade with 102 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Yenny most popular?
The top states for the name Yenny are California (37 births).
How long has the name Yenny been used?
Yenny has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 43 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Yenny?
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, 1980–2022 (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.