NameTides

Yana

Yana was the #2,387 girls' name in the US in 2025 (75 babies), and #834 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Yana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Yana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Yana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,387 (75)#834 (43)—#718 (4)#750 (39)
2024#1,884 (106)#1,097 (31)——#835 (34)
2023#1,903 (104)#1,410 (22)——#1,491 (15)
2022#1,918 (104)#1,215 (27)——#1,132 (22)
2021#2,674 (64)#983 (35)——#947 (29)
2020#2,050 (90)#1,238 (26)—#834 (3)#1,295 (18)
2019#2,155 (86)#1,439 (21)#765 (3)—#1,283 (19)
2018#2,159 (87)#1,200 (28)#680 (4)#896 (3)#1,122 (22)
2017#2,160 (88)#1,733 (17)——#1,333 (18)
2016#2,168 (89)#1,525 (21)—#868 (3)#1,906 (11)
2015#1,972 (101)#1,783 (16)——#1,157 (21)
2014#2,129 (90)#1,628 (18)——#1,455 (16)
2013#2,096 (91)#1,864 (15)#816 (3)#660 (5)#1,432 (16)
2012#2,516 (72)#1,991 (14)——#1,787 (12)
2011#2,589 (69)#1,729 (16)——#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,903.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Yana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,800 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Yana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Yana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50625
Quebec2025#6696

Yana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YanaCanadaGirls#75039
YanaEngland & WalesGirls#83443
YanaIrelandGirls#7184
YanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
YanaScotlandGirls—too few
YanaUSGirls#2,38775