girls:
549 births since 1991
#5167 (10th percentile)
overall:
549 births since 1991
#7190 (7th percentile)
The name Yakelin is the #7,190 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 549 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,167 (9.6% percentile) for all time with 549 births since 1991.
Yakelin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (first recorded for girls in 1991). Birth data for Yakelin is available in 32 out of the 33 years between 1991 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Yakelin reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #865) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2010, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Yakelin ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 24.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yakelin".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Yakelin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.4% confident that Yakelin is pronounced as YA-kuh-lihn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is yuh-KEH-lihn, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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