Girls' name · since 2017
Ylva
35 babies named Ylva in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ylva is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 35 have been recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ylva has been recorded 35 times among girls since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2024.
- #39,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ylva ranks #39,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,338 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ylva's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ylva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ylva splits its recorded history at 2022: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ylva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Ylva by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (23 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Ylva's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Ylva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 23 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ylva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2017–2024 (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 Ylva 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.