Yunus
Yunus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 124 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1240.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023127 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1988
- 1,218people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,218 boys have been named Yunus in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 127 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 43%.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Yunus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Yunus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anakinpeak 2023
- Ashpeak 2023
- Knowledgepeak 2020
- Rowanpeak 2024
- Malakaipeak 2023
- Riverpeak 2021
- Aziahpeak 2024
- Truthpeak 2021
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.