How Many People Are Named Yaileen?
An estimated 277 people in the United States have the first name Yaileen. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Yaileen peaked in popularity in 2001 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yaileen as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Yaileen paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
277
About 1 in 1,237,380 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2001
19 births
Total Registered
281
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yaileen
Yaileen is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 281 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yaileen as a female name
Ranked #12,063 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (19 births)
Yaileen: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yaileen span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 126 babies were registered. Yaileen has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Yaileen by Decade
How has Yaileen tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Yaileen + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yaileen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Yaileen: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yaileen?
We estimate approximately 277 people named Yaileen are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,237,380 Americans share this first name.
Is Yaileen a common name?
Yaileen is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 281 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yaileen most popular?
Yaileen reached peak popularity in 2001, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yaileen is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yaileen a female name?
Yaileen is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yaileen Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yaileen Smith, Yaileen Johnson, Yaileen Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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