Recorded 1996–2022 Girls' name Peak 2009 102 births

Yianna — girls' name

102 babies named Yianna in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s342010s392020s19
2010s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Yianna was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

12 babies were named Yianna in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yianna

The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Yianna between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yianna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yianna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Yianna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Yianna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yianna 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 102 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.

Yianna at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

102

Since 1996

27 years of records

Peak year

2009

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1996

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2022

Yianna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1996

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
12
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
468101214 202220202017201420122007200419991996 5

Yianna by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
39 births that decade — 38% of Yianna's all-time total
1990s102000s342010s392020s19

Yianna by state

Where Yianna concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yianna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 4.9%
New York share of Yianna's total US births 4.9%

5 of 102 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yianna?
102 babies have been named Yianna since 1996. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 12 births.
When was Yianna most popular?
Yianna was most popular in the 2010s decade with 39 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Yianna most popular?
The top states for the name Yianna are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Yianna been used?
Yianna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 27 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Yianna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yian, Yiana. 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, 1996–2022 (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.