Is Yakelin a boy or girl name?

Yakelin is a girl’s name. Of the 562 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Yakelin

Recorded 1991–2025 · United States

Yakelin was most popular in 2000, when 37 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,902 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 562 people named Yakelin.

Yakelin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yakelin’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yakelin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yakelin is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 562 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yakelin

Where Yakelin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org