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How popular is the name Ianis?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ianises are alive today.

Ianis (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1153rd in 2025 and given to 25 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 82 babies were given the name, the 487th most popular that year. It has declined since 2019; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak.

The Ianis you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Ianises born in England and Wales are between 4 and 10, and there are at least 720 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ianis - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Ianis.

How many babies are named Ianis each year?

025507520202010: 102011: 142012: 152013: 162014: 162015: 332016: 562017: 592018: 572019: 822020: 802021: 772022: 662023: 522024: 432025: 25actual

Where does Ianis rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,00020202010: ranked 2,0362011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 1,5892013: ranked 1,4622014: ranked 1,4862015: ranked 9032016: ranked 6312017: ranked 6132018: ranked 6292019: ranked 4872020: ranked 4822021: ranked 5092022: ranked 5712023: ranked 6722024: ranked 7852025: ranked 1,153

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Ianis per year in England and Wales, 2010 to 2025, peaking at about 82 in 2019
Ianis: births per year in England and Wales, 2010-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Ianis most popular?

Ianis peaked in 2019, when 82 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Ianis?

At least 720 people named Ianis born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Ianis?

Most living Ianises are between 4 and 10; the most common age is about 6.

Is Ianis becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2019 peak.






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