girls:
45 births since 1976
#5671 (1st percentile)
boys:
57 births since 1989
#4529 (1st percentile)
overall:
102 births since 1976
#7637 (1st percentile)
The name Yanick is the #7,637 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 102 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,529 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #5,671 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 45 births since 1976.
Yanick first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Yanick is available in 15 out of the 41 years between 1976 and 2016 (9 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Yanick has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.9% of all recorded births). In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Yanick were boys. Interestingly, until around 1989, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1976 to 1988), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (85.1% boys from 1989 to 2016).
For boys, Yanick reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Yanick reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #771) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yanick".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Yanick. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Yanick is pronounced as YA-nihk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YAH-nihk, at 20.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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