How rare is the name Yana?

5,806 people in the United States have the first name Yana, about 1 in 52,021. It ranks #3,552 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

YANA

#3,552

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,806
About
1 in 52,021
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,806 people named Yana, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yana peaked in 2024, when 106 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
106
In 2025*
75 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,670 babies have been given the name since 1955. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,798. The largest share of babies named Yana, 44%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#6,99471
1960s#8,30761
1970s#6,213158
1980s#9,014118
1990s#8,632182
2000s#4,429668
2010s#3,913869
2020s#3,798543
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–807.5%
Millennials 1981–967.7%
Generation Z 1997–1237%
2013 and later44%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Yana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Yana has been most common in Washington (9.8×), California (3.3×), and New York (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.67×).

1,098 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Yana

1 other first name also has 5,806 people.

#3,552 Hyun · 5,806

Either side of Yana

#3,551 Eusebio · 5,807#3,552 Hyun · 5,806#3,554 Destiney · 5,805#3,555 Chauncey · 5,801

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yana, most common first.

#1,779 Yan · 16,856#10,793 Yanna · 1,218#11,745 Yani · 1,079#13,624 Yann · 881#22,868 Yama · 432#23,426 Yania · 418#34,840 Yanai · 233#35,789 Yane · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Yana ranks #140,525 of 156,621, with 122 people. See Yana as a last name

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