Yanin
Yanin is a surname of Slavic origin. Notable people with the surname include:Aleksandr Yanin, Russian sailor Oleksii Yanin, Ukrainian athlete and soldier Sergey Yanin, Russian ski jumper Valentin Yanin (1929–2020), Russian historian
Meaning & Origin of Yanin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yanin is a surname of Slavic origin. Notable people with the surname include:Aleksandr Yanin, Russian sailor Oleksii Yanin, Ukrainian athlete and soldier Sergey Yanin, Russian ski jumper Valentin Yanin (1929–2020), Russian historian
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The Story of Yanin
Yanin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1981, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1988: 15 births, good for #5,322 nationwide. About 40% of every Yanin on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Yanin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 129 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yanin
Yanin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 129 births in the dataset. Yanin's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,322. Use the chart and map above to compare Yanin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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