Girls' name · since 1979
Yoana
Yoana has 1,556 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,556
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,556 babies have been named Yoana since 1979, making it today's #8036 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Yoana recorded 1,556 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #8036 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #5,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,036 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,556 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoana ranks #5,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,036 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,556 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,556
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yoana's 1,556 recorded births place it above 92.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yoana compares
1,556 Top 26% higher than 74% of 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
Yoana's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yoana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,556 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 93 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yoana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yoana's full recorded timeline at 2002, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 93 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yoana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Yoana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (608 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Yoana's strongest decade.
608 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Yoana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 180
1980s
180 births
- 1990s
1990s
398 births
- 2000s
2000s
608 births
- 2010s 235
2010s
235 births
- 2020s 130
2020s
130 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 608 births (39% of all-time use).
How Yoana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yoana's total volume
Yoana by state
Where Yoana concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 474 | 30.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 188 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 44 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 12 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
474 of 1,556 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Yoana's data
- Yoana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (608 total births); usage has since declined to 130 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yoanas (474 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Yoana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yoana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Yoana 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.