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How popular is the name Yunus?

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

Yunus (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 239th in 2025 with 206 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Yunus you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Yunuses born in England and Wales are between 4 and 14, and there are at least 2,200 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 Yunus - on average, only one in every 138 such rooms contains a Yunus.

How many babies are named Yunus each year?

0100200200020201996: 121997: 151998: 71999: 212000: 232001: 152002: 242003: 212004: 262005: 422006: 362007: 392008: 492009: 502010: 502011: 572012: 742013: 932014: 842015: 742016: 972017: 992018: 1002019: 1252020: 1182021: 1452022: 1552023: 1712024: 1872025: 206actual

Where does Yunus rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,1041997: ranked 9641998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 7762000: ranked 7512001: ranked 1,0272002: ranked 7812003: ranked 9122004: ranked 8152005: ranked 6282006: ranked 7222007: ranked 7112008: ranked 6342009: ranked 6412010: ranked 6452011: ranked 6022012: ranked 5072013: ranked 4342014: ranked 4712015: ranked 5232016: ranked 4322017: ranked 4342018: ranked 4222019: ranked 3562020: ranked 3682021: ranked 3192022: ranked 2902023: ranked 2722024: ranked 2542025: ranked 239

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 Yunus per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 206 in 2025
Yunus: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Yunus most popular?

Yunus peaked in 2025, when 206 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Yunus?

At least 2,200 people named Yunus born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Yunus?

Most living Yunuses are between 4 and 14; the most common age is about 2.

Is Yunus becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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