Girls' name · since 2000
Ysa
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Ysa, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ysa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ysa has been recorded 27 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2018.
- #42,503 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ysa ranks #42,503 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #42,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ysa's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ysa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ysa's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ysa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2018
- Peak year (2012)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ysa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
2010s was Ysa's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Ysa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ysa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2000–2018 (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 Ysa 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.