Yianna
Yianna is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Yianna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yianna is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Yianna
Yianna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 12 Yiannas were born — ranking #9,379 that year. As of 2026, Yianna ranks #12,237 for baby girls with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 102 Yiannas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yianna
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About the name Yianna
Yianna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 102 births in the dataset. Yianna's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #9,379. Use the chart and map above to compare Yianna'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.