Yanin
A feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "she will bear fruit".
Name Census estimates that about 124 living Americans carry the first name Yanin. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Yanin today is around 32 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Yanin births was 1988 (15 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Yanin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
124
~ 1 in 2,764,148 Americans
Peak year
1988
15 babies that year
Average age
32
years old
2012 SSA rank
#14,911
Tracked since 1981
Census
Yanin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 391 people with the first name Yanin, which placed it at #24,576 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#24,576
National first-name rank
People counted
391
391 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
90.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Yanin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yanin is Hispanic at 90.0%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (8.2%) and White (0.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Yanin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Yanin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino90.0% · 352
- Asian and Pacific Islander8.2% · 32
- White0.8% · 3
- Two or more races0.8% · 3
- Black or African American0.3% · 1
Popularity
Yanin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Yanin from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 51 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Yanin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Yanin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Yanins live
Origin
Meaning and history of Yanin
The name Yanin is a diminutive form of the Russian name Yanov, derived from the biblical name John. The name John has Hebrew origins, stemming from the name Yohanan, which means "Yahweh is gracious." The earliest known use of the name Yanin can be traced back to the 12th century in Slavic regions.
In the 14th century, a Russian noble named Yanin Penchikov was mentioned in historical records as a prominent landowner in the city of Novgorod. During this time, the name Yanin was primarily used among the Russian aristocracy and upper classes.
In the 16th century, a famous Russian icon painter named Yanin Semyonov was commissioned to create religious artworks for various churches and monasteries. His intricate and detailed iconography is still admired and studied by art historians today.
In the 18th century, Yanin Kovalevsky was a notable Russian mathematician and engineer who made significant contributions to the field of mechanics. He was born in 1773 and was a pioneer in the development of analytical mechanics.
In the 19th century, Yanin Mikhailovich Nekhlyudov was a respected Russian statesman and historian. He served as a member of the State Council and published several works on Russian history and culture. He lived from 1819 to 1888.
Another notable figure with the name Yanin was Yanin Konstantinovich Rozhnov, a Russian artist and painter who lived from 1848 to 1909. His landscapes and rural scenes captured the essence of Russian life during that period and are highly regarded in the art world.
While the name Yanin is not as common today as it once was, it has a rich history rooted in Russian culture and tradition. The name has been borne by various influential individuals throughout the centuries, leaving a lasting legacy in various fields.
People
Yanin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Yanin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Y
Other first names starting with Y with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Yanin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Yanin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 124 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Yanin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,764,148 US residents.
Is Yanin a common name?
We classify Yanin as "Very Rare". It ranks above 67.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 129 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Yanin most popular?
The single biggest year for Yanin was 1988, when 15 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Yanin is about 32 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Yanin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 391 people with the name Yanin, or 0.13 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #24,576 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Yanin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Yanin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Yanin leans strongly female. 380 people counted with this name were female (96.9%), compared with 12 male bearers (3.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Yanin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Yanin is Hispanic at 90.0%. The next largest groups are Asian/Pacific Islander (8.2%) and White (0.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Yanin most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Yanin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 90.0% (352 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Yanin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Yanin a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Yanin in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Yanin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Yanin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Yanin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Yanin?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people share the name Yanin at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.