Yenta — #15849 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Yenta

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Yenta between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yenta currently holds the #15849 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yenta performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yenta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yenta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yenta 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 16 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.