Total births
35
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.
- #14882
- among girls today
- 35
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 16%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Ylva is the #14882 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 35 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ylva has been recorded 35 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #14882 nationally and more common than 16% of girls, 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.
- #14882 among girls today
- 35 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
- 16% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Ylva is currently the #14882 girls' name in America, more common than 16% of girls - 35 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14882
- among girls today
- 35
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 16%
- more common than other girls
Ylva vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#14882
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 16% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
66% of everyone ever named Ylva was born in this single decade.
2017
Single peak year
7 babies were named Ylva in 2017 - its busiest year on record.
How Ylva compares
35 11th percentile among 17,726 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
Ylva's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ylva | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
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 at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2017
Current rank
#14,882
Active since
2017
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ylva? ▼
Ylva has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 2017, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #14882 as of the latest data. 7 babies were born in 2017, its single highest year.
When was Ylva most popular? ▼
Ylva was most popular in the 2020s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Ylva been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Ylva since 2017 -- 8 years through the most recent 2024 data.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ylva: #14882 Girls' Name - 35 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ylva. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 June 2026.