Yanni

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
Given to boys 73.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,094
1998 · 44 births
Debut · boys
1992
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
781
since 1992

Yanni over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #2,094, 1998girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#10,1079#5,39917
2024#12,1617#5,44317
2023#7,64014#5,07519
2022#12,2437#6,14714
2021#12,2067#4,36223
2020#8,40612#5,04118
2019#10,4739#5,15318
2018#8,14613#4,91819
2017#10,6899#5,11118
2016#8,39313#5,12418
2015#9,48111#6,67612
2014#9,51711#4,86619
2013#11,0009#5,92314
2012#8,63213#4,68620
2011#12,1538#4,82219
2010#11,2469#4,36622
2009#10,67910#3,47631
2008#13,8327#3,28634
2007#10,81810#4,37522
2006#8,71513#3,45130
2005#9,45211#3,44728
2004#7,82814#3,53426
2003#11,3258#2,72936
2002#13,5956#3,45025
2001#15,3525#2,74234
2000—#3,29925
1999—#3,27924
1998#10,1228#2,09444
1997#12,0706#2,54631
1996—#2,83826
1995#11,7836#2,40032
1994#11,7786#2,84725
1993#8,7199#4,02015
1992—#7,4226
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First appearance
1992

The first year at least five boys were named Yanni! It came in at #7,422, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Yanni is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMINew York: #1,540 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,747 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yanni, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,540 · 1 in 23,747

Best ever in a state: #534 in Massachusetts, 1997.

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See more about Yanni
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,399)
  • 358 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #5,399)
  • 1,277 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1992
  • Peaked 1998 at #2,094 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43,440
  • Highest: 1 in 43,440 boys born in 1998 were named Yanni (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 37.3% of all boys named Yanni (291) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s203#2,094 (1998)#3,431
2000s291#2,729 (2003)#3,379
2010s179#4,366 (2010)#5,165
2020s108#4,362 (2021)#5,245

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yanni in 1996

boys
#2,838
26 births · 1 in 72,858 boys

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #2,838Yanni26
More about 1996

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 72,858 of them was named Yanni, which outranked 73.1% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yanni
  1. #2,747Ulisses27
  2. #2,747Whitney27
  3. #2,747Yasin27
  4. #2,838Yanni26
  5. #2,838Aaren26
  6. #2,838Allante26
  7. #2,838Amadeo26
  8. #2,911Adel25
  9. #2,911Alaric25
  10. #2,911Aleczander25

Tied with 72 names at #2,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996 →