How Many People Are Named Yaniyah?
An estimated 130 people in the United States have the first name Yaniyah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 14 years old, and Yaniyah peaked in popularity in 2010 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Yaniyah 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 Yaniyah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
130
About 1 in 2,636,572 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
14
years old
Peak Year
2010
14 births
Total Registered
131
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Yaniyah
Yaniyah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 131 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Yaniyah as a female name
Ranked #17,497 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2010 (14 births)
Yaniyah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Yaniyah span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 61 babies were registered. While Yaniyah is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Yaniyah by Decade
How has Yaniyah 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.
Yaniyah + Last Name Combinations
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Yaniyah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yaniyah?
We estimate approximately 130 people named Yaniyah 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 2,636,572 Americans share this first name.
Is Yaniyah a common name?
Yaniyah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 131 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Yaniyah most popular?
Yaniyah reached peak popularity in 2010, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Yaniyah is approximately 14 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Yaniyah a female name?
Yaniyah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Yaniyah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Yaniyah Smith, Yaniyah Johnson, Yaniyah 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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