girls:
264 births since 1993
#5452 (5th percentile)
boys:
747 births since 1992
#3840 (16th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1992
#6728 (13th percentile)
The name Yanni is the #6,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,011 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 13.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,840 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 747 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,452 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 264 births since 1993.
Yanni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1993 for girls).
The name Yanni has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 57.6% of babies named Yanni were boys.
For boys, Yanni reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #756) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Yanni ranks #897 for boys (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 47.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Yanni reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #928) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Yanni is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yanni".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Yanni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Yanni is pronounced as YAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YA-nee, at 46.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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