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Yaniel

Yaniel reached its high-water mark in 2012 at number 2,415, and has been recorded 622 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 6,803rd. About 620 Yaniels are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 13.

Popularity, 1880–2025

Births per year, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

boys named Yaniel

By the numbers

Total US births
622
Estimated living today
620
Median age today
13
Peak year
2012
Best rank
2,415th
Rank in 2025
6,803rd
First recorded
1998

How old the living Yaniels are

Born with the name each year, and how many of them are alive today, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

born that year still alive today

Of the 622 babies given the name since 1998, about 620 are alive — 99 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2012 and half after.

An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.

Where Yaniel is most common

Relative to how many babies each state records, Yaniel is most concentrated in Florida (11.8×), New York (4.0×), Pennsylvania (3.6×).

Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.

Names of 2012

The most popular boys’ names the year Yaniel peaked:

All the names of 2012

Related names

Yaniel against another name

Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.

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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.