Yakima

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504

Peak · girls
1978 · 22 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
261
since 1971

Yakima over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Yakima has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #3,388, 1978girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008#17,5045
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001#13,5216
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996#13,5185
1995#7,04112
1994#10,5697
1993#13,4425
1992#10,4797
1991#5,94915
1990—
1989#6,53112
1988#11,7985
1987#7,3539
1986#10,9125
1985#7,5638
1984#10,4225
1983#6,21210
1982#6,37110
1981#6,8049
1980#3,50623
1979#4,05218
1978#3,38822
1977#4,42515
1976#6,0489
1975#5,16111
1974#5,7769
1973#5,5809
1972#8,2925
1971#8,3245
1970—
1969—
1968—
1967—
1966—
1965—
1964—
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960—
1959—
1958—
1957—
1956—
1955—
1954—
1953—
1952—
1951—
1950—
1949—
1948—
1947—
1946—
1945—
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934—
1933—
1932—
1931—
1930—
1929—
1928—
1927—
1926—
1925—
1924—
1923—
1922—
1921—
1920—
1919—
1918—
1917—
1916—
1915—
1914—
1913—
1912—
1911—
1910—
1909—
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Yakima! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1990, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Yakima is popular in 1977

No state had 5 or more girls named Yakima in 1977, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Yakima
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1978 at #3,388 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69,630
  • Highest: 1 in 69,630 girls born in 1978 were named Yakima (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.5% of all girls named Yakima (103) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s103#3,388 (1978)#5,672
1980s96#3,506 (1980)#7,747
1990s51#5,949 (1991)#10,166
2000s11#13,521 (2001)#15,513

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yakima in 1977

girls
#4,425
15 births · 1 in 102,210 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #4,425Yakima15
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 102,210 of them was named Yakima, which outranked 60.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yakima
  1. #4,235Vina16
  2. #4,235Wren16
  3. #4,235Zahra16
  4. #4,425Yakima15
  5. #4,425Abra15
  6. #4,425Adrean15
  7. #4,425Adrina15
  8. #4,652Abbi14
  9. #4,652Adi14
  10. #4,652Adrain14

Tied with 226 names at #4,425; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →