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Yanni

boys’ name · 74%girls’ name · 26%SteadyCompare

Yanni is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
170.00% of boys
Peak year
199844 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1992
1,035people given the name
Babies named Yanni, by year of birthboysgirls
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

764 boys have been named Yanni in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 44 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 38%.

Yanni is used for both sexes: 26% of its bearers are girls (271), most of them born around 2004.

By decade

Decadeboys named Yanni
1990s203
2000s291
2010s179
2020s91

In 1998, its biggest year

Yanni was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Yanni

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.