Yanis
Yanis was the 2568th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2132nd with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,203 places. More babies were named Yanis in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,568 boys, up 158 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52boys
- Girls and boys
- 9% girls, 91% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202168 babies
- Total since 1880
- 808babies recorded
Yanis popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #2,568 | — | 52 |
| 2020 | — | #2,726 | — | 46 |
| 2010 | #14,889 | #8,112 | 7 | 10 |
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How popular is Yanis, counting every spelling?
Yanis is the most common spelling of a name family that had 79 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 79 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanis | 52 | #2,568 | 295 |
| Yannis | 27 | #4,043 | 182 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Yanis?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Yanis (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Yanis born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Yanis.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Yanis?
About 700 people born in the US named Yanis are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Yanis a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Yanis by state
How common Yanis was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Yanis: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Yanis, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Yanis
How popular is the name Yanis?
Yanis was the 2568th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2132nd with 68 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,203 places. More babies were named Yanis in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Yanis a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 9% girls, 91% boys given the name Yanis in the US.
Where is Yanis most popular?
In 2021–2025, Yanis was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Florida.