girl's name
Yana
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 4,224
England and Wales
#843
2025 births
Yana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 106 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 44,205 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1955.
Yana over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 71 |
| 1960s | 61 |
| 1970s | 158 |
| 1980s | 118 |
| 1990s | 182 |
| 2000s | 668 |
| 2010s | 869 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 543 |
How popular is Yana?
In 2025, Yana was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Yana is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Yana
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Yana also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Yana in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Yana
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Yana
How popular is the name Yana?
In 2025, Yana was given to 75 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Yana a girl's or a boy's name?
Yana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Yana most popular?
Yana peaked in 2024, when 106 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Yana a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yana currently ranks #843 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.