Yanis Boy
How popular is Yanis?
#2,539 boy name in 2025
52 baby boys were named Yanis in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
Yanis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,539 for boys (▼ 121 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+79% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #2,688 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (68 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,108 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Yanis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Yanis family of names ranked #1,653 for boys in 2025 (#1,595 the year before), with 79 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Yanis | 52 | 66% |
| Yannis | 27 | 34% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Yanis is most popular
Babies named Yanis per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Yanis by decade
Boy names about as popular as Yanis
Questions
- Is Yanis a boy or girl name?
- Yanis is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Yanis were boys.
- How popular is the name Yanis?
- 52 baby boys were named Yanis in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
- When was Yanis most popular?
- Yanis peaked in 2021, when 68 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,108 in 2021.
- How many people are named Yanis?
- 808 babies have been named Yanis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 803 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Yanis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Yanis was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.