Girls' name · since 1976
Yudelka
29 babies named Yudelka in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Yudelka since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Yudelka has 29 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1987.
- #41,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yudelka ranks #41,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #41,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yudelka's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Yudelka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yudelka's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yudelka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1987
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1987.
29 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 8 births in a single year.
Yudelka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (24 births, 83% of the file).
1980s was Yudelka's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Yudelka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 24 births (83% of all-time use).
Yudelka decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Yudelka by state
Where Yudelka concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 51.7% |
15 of 29 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 51.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 51.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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- New York records the most Yudelkas (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yudelka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1976–1987 (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 Yudelka 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.
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