Yancy vs Yaniel
American parents have registered 2,951 Yancys since 1880, against 622 Yaniels. But in 2025 it was Yaniel that was commoner, 12 babies to 6.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Yancy Yaniel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 113 years in which either name was published, Yancy for 94 years and Yaniel for 19 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Yancy | Yaniel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,951 | 622 |
| Most in one year | 123 | 52 |
| Babies in 2025 | 6 | 12 |
| Estimated living today | 2,400 | 620 |
| Median age today | 44 | 13 |
| Peak year | 1959 | 2012 |
| Best rank | 686th boys | 2,415th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 10,695th | 6,803rd |
| First recorded | 1886 | 1998 |
| Girls / boys | 518 / 2,433 | 0 / 622 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Yancys alive today are over 44; half the Yaniels are over 13. That is 31 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Yancy Louisiana (4.7×), California (3.1×), Texas (2.8×)
- Yaniel Florida (11.8×), New York (4.0×), Pennsylvania (3.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Yancy and Yaniel.