girls:
128 births since 1998
#5588 (2nd percentile)
boys:
563 births since 1998
#4023 (12th percentile)
overall:
691 births since 1998
#7048 (9th percentile)
The name Yanis is the #7,048 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 691 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,023 (12.2% percentile) for all time with 563 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,588 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 128 births since 1998.
Yanis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 . Birth data for Yanis is available in 25 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 18 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 Yanis has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.7% of babies named Yanis were boys. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (56.3% girls from 1998 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.3% boys from 2002 to 2023).
For boys, Yanis reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #867) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yanis ranks #861 for boys (5.5% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 82.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Yanis reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #928) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Yanis ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 39.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yanis".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Yanis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Yanis is pronounced as YAH-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YA-nihs, at 24.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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