How Many People Are Named Yana?
An estimated 2,519 people in the United States have the first name Yana. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Yana peaked in popularity in 2024 with 106 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yana 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 Yana paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,519
About 1 in 136,068 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2024
106 births
Total Registered
2,595
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yana
Yana is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,595 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yana as a female name
Ranked #1,890 in 2024
106 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (106 births)
Yana: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yana span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 869 babies were registered. While Yana is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yana by Decade
How has Yana 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.
Yana by State
Birth registrations for Yana span all 15 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Washington, New York. The lowest are in Indiana, Maryland, Virginia. On average, about 72 Yanas were registered per state.
Yana + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Yana as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
Yana: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yana?
We estimate approximately 2,519 people named Yana 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 136,068 Americans share this first name.
Is Yana a common name?
Yana is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,595 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yana most popular?
Yana reached peak popularity in 2024, when 106 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yana is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yana a female name?
Yana is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yana Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yana Smith, Yana Johnson, Yana 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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