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How popular is the name Yanis?

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

Yanis (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 976th in 2025 with 31 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 57 babies were given the name, the 625th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1108 in 2024 before climbing back to the 976th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

The Yanis you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Yanises born in England and Wales are between 5 and 14, 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 Yanis - on average, only one in every 421 such rooms contains a Yanis.

How many babies are named Yanis each year?

0204060200020201996: 31997: 52000: 42001: 112002: 42003: 32004: 122005: 82006: 92007: 192008: 162009: 142010: 232011: 172012: 192013: 282014: 302015: 382016: 502017: 432018: 502019: 462020: 542021: 292022: 482023: 572024: 262025: 31actual

Where does Yanis rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,0222000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 1,2862002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 1,4102005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 1,2012008: ranked 1,4032009: ranked 1,5682010: ranked 1,1442011: ranked 1,3982012: ranked 1,3132013: ranked 1,0012014: ranked 9592015: ranked 8212016: ranked 6912017: ranked 7792018: ranked 6902019: ranked 7232020: ranked 6402021: ranked 1,0042022: ranked 6992023: ranked 6252024: ranked 1,1082025: ranked 976

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 Yanis per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 57 in 2023
Yanis: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yanis most popular?

Yanis peaked in 2023, when 57 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Yanis?

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

How old is the typical Yanis?

Most living Yanises are between 5 and 14; the most common age is about 7.

Is Yanis becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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