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How popular is the name Yunis?

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

Yunis (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1307th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. The name peaked in 2020, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1230th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Yunis you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Yunises born in England and Wales are between 4 and 18, and there are at least 300 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 Yunis - on average, only one in every 1,010 such rooms contains a Yunis.

How many babies are named Yunis each year?

01020200020202000: 42001: 52002: 72003: 32004: 72005: 62006: 82007: 112008: 102009: 72010: 72011: 122012: 72013: 82014: 102015: 62016: 102017: 152018: 132019: 72020: 212021: 192022: 192023: 152024: 192025: 21actual

Where does Yunis rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020202000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 2,2202002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 2,4182006: ranked 2,0872007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 1,9532009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 2,7212013: ranked 2,4032014: ranked 2,0792015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 2,1752017: ranked 1,6272018: ranked 1,7862019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 1,2302021: ranked 1,3292022: ranked 1,3662023: ranked 1,6102024: ranked 1,4022025: ranked 1,307

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 Yunis per year in England and Wales, 2000 to 2025, peaking at about 21 in 2020
Yunis: births per year in England and Wales, 2000-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yunis most popular?

Yunis peaked in 2020, when 21 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Yunis?

At least 300 people named Yunis born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Yunis?

Most living Yunises are between 4 and 18; the most common age is about 5.

Is Yunis becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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