Girls' name · since 1990
Yenty
Yenty has 206 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,418 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 206
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
206 babies have been named Yenty since 1990, making it today's #6418 girls' name.
Yenty has 206 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6418 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #19,547 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,418 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 206 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yenty ranks #19,547 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,418 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 206 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,418 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 206
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yenty's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Yenty compares
206 37th percentile among 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
Yenty's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yenty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 206 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yenty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yenty splits its recorded history at 2016: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yenty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Yenty by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (119 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Yenty's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Yenty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s
2020s
119 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 119 births (58% of all-time use).
Yenty by state
Where Yenty concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 99 | 48.1% |
99 of 206 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Yentys (99 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Yenty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Yenty 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.