Boys' name · since 2004
Yigit
75 babies named Yigit in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,902 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yigit currently ranks #12902 among boys' names in America, with 75 babies recorded since 2004.
Yigit has 75 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12902 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #19,403 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,902 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yigit ranks #19,403 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,902 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 75 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,403 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,902 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yigit's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yigit compares
75 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Yigit's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yigit | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yigit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yigit's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yigit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Yigit by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Yigit's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Yigit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Yigit's decade-level peak was the 2010s (51 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Yigit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Yigit 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.